A friend of mine recently attended a team-building session as part of the company’s onboarding/new hire process. He sent me his observations and this was his perspective: I recently attended a team building event and as is customary we had a series of excersise to perform. One was cooking a meal but having received a […]
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Zen and the art of repairing stuff.
Can management lessons be learnt from repairing everyday nondescript items. I think so. The philosophy entrenched in repairing things are not so different from managing processes or driving toward solution. Read why.
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The story of the Hammer
Management lessons nailed from my childhood.
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MTN Futhi – Investment case
MTN launched a rollover BEE vehicle to replace the existing Zakhele vehicle called MTN Zakhele Futhi (“Futhi”). 3 options are available to subscribe to this new scheme and SimpleAlpha comments on those choices
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Gold? – Investment case
I recently heard an advert claiming Gold had risen by more than 3000% in our lifetime and coupled with the investment and cultural appeal this asset class has, I attempt to distil fact from fiction. Many “investment” pundits and elders from my community are firm advocates of gold as a retirement vehicle and urge me […]
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Odd HR practices I’ve witnessed
I feel like HR departments have great potential to serve the business interests but are currently veiled as a rudimentary compliance function. By applying uniform recruitment principles isn’t there a risk that they fill a business with lemmings. Here are several of my experiences with these restrictive departments.
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Management or usurped Leadership
Managers manage, and leaders lead. Do managers automatically become leaders? What makes a manager become a true leader?
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The Managers RuleBook
In my previous post I alluded to the steadfast application of outmoded rules that my amateur survivors upheld. Is this not true for many managed corporate departments as well? Rules upon rules set forth to mediate corporate behaviours and outcomes. I think that the rules are for the sheep, set by the shepherd, and both destined to be bound together.
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Management and survival techniques
Is there a parallel between elements needed for basic survival and management techniques deployed by companies? I think so. Here’s why.
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Hello world!
WE HAVE OFFICIALLY BEGAN CHANGING THOUGHT
Somebody asked us……”Where do you want to go to with this idea?”
We answered…..”Hopefully….forward”