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South African leadership teams — are you prepared?
On Saturday Prof Tulio de Oliveira outlined how the delta variant is spreading across South Africa causing the current surge in cases. This variant is 30-60% more transmissible. Given this unfolding...
Us (in the room) vs Them (on the screen)
If you ask the people on screen how they feel about this meeting you will almost to the man/woman hear that they feel separate from those in the room. It is extremely difficult to feel part of those...
Remote work support pillars
For a succesful remote workplace or “office-in-the-cloud” to “stand” there are several crucial support pillars that hold up the workplace. You have to understand what all these are in order to be...
Hybrid workplaces are really hard to get right
There are many reasons for this. Candida Sisam, captures one these reasons succinctly: “A hybrid model can seem like an easy solution to the current issues companies face because they can retain...
The new normal — no office
Most startups going forward will be office-less. As a result they will be able to scale faster, have access to a global talent pool, be more agile and move faster than any physical office bound...
What does this have to do with your business?
Everything. Last week a joint NASA, NOAA study was released that finds earth's energy imbalance has doubled between 2005 and 2019. “A positive energy imbalance means the Earth system is gaining...
LinkedIn data: Top reason individuals want to return to a physical office
In this LinkedIn surgery the top reason given as to why individuals want to return to a physical office is wanting to collaborate in-person. Why return to the workplace? Our top reasons defy the...
Race to flatten another curve — covid lessons
When the pandemic struck our response was basically divided into two phases: 1) Non Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI’s) designed to flatten and slow the infection curve to prevent healthcare...
Beware of communication fragmentation!
I can literally write a book about this! Now no one digital communication tool is perfect, so don’t look for that, rather settle on something that ticks most boxes. If you don’t insist on a single...
Work-from-anywhere prerequisite
A team must possess the skill to communicate and collaborate at distance as effectively as if they were sitting around a table in-person. It must be that seamless. This skill is often referred to as...
Leadership teams — plan with this in mind
The Economist Intelligence Unit has been keeping track of the global vaccine rollout and at what point it is expected for countries to reach a 60-70% population vaccination. The EIU’s latest vaccine...
Why employees want “hybrid working”
As can be seen from above, 64% of employees surveyed want to spend between 1 and 4 days “at the office.” There are a number of reasons for this, but primarily it boils down to this: 1) At home time...