by Peter du Toit | Sep 2, 2021 | Carbon Emissions, Climate Emergency, Future of Work
Before we get to that what you are looking at here are road closures in the New York and Newark area caused by a severe weather event causing flash flooding in the wake of tropical storm Ida. The science has been crystal clear. As the planet continues to warm extreme...
by Peter du Toit | Aug 29, 2021 | Flexible Working, Future of Work
This piece in Wired is a must read: The Great Resignation is here and no one is prepared. Companies that have used the last 18 months to re-engineer their workplaces and in the process have become location independent, are now sucking up talent from those that want to...
by Peter du Toit | Aug 10, 2021 | Carbon Emissions, Climate Emergency, Future of Work
Yesterday the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) which comes 8 years after the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) which was published in 2013. AR6 is based on 14,000 peer reviewed scientific papers on...
by Peter du Toit | Aug 6, 2021 | Carbon Emissions, Climate Emergency, Future of Work
Not being prepared for disruption has very painful consequences. This was very well illustrated during this pandemic, when prior to its arrival, business continuity was not top of mind. Don’t make the same mistake twice by being unprepared for what comes next. The...
by Peter du Toit | Aug 3, 2021 | Climate Emergency, Future of Work, Future Skills
n Sept of 2020, Prof Mariana Mazzucato penned this piece entitled Avoiding a Climate Lockdown. What is that you ask? Well she explains: “Under a ‘climate lockdown,’ governments would limit private-vehicle use, ban consumption of red meat, and impose extreme...
