Dec 14, 2017 | Advice, Business mind benders, Entrepreneurial Goodies, Mentoring & advice
Change is hard. Really hard. Your brain is equipped with defence mechanisms designed to shoot down anything that might keep things staying exactly where they are. It’s surprisingly easy to get through life and make a career out of being average… your resistance brain...
Nov 14, 2017 | Business mind benders
Effective training can lead to increased compliance with regulations. It can even lead to a happier, more satisfied workforce, which in turn reduces turnover and costly on-boarding. So, the benefits are many. Before anyone rushes off, creates training materials, and...
Aug 16, 2017 | Business mind benders, Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurial Goodies, Mentoring & advice
What tool can help us measure the discretionary effort of our workforce? Summing the metrics for activities ensures no lead is left behind and sales cycles are not unnecessarily longer than they need to be. Companies fail to create connections with their employees and...
Jun 2, 2017 | Business mind benders, Customer Relationship Management, Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurial Goodies
The forgotten son of digital marketing The digital marketing landscape is evolving at a rapid pace, and businesses can be forgiven for investing a lot of time and energy into social media campaigns and other digital marketing efforts. Be careful not to lose sight of...
Apr 3, 2017 | Business mind benders, Education, From the writers desk
Do you have stacks of education and learning material? Do you need to convert them into online courses quickly? Are you running short of training budgets? If you answer Yes to these questions, you need to look at the process of rapid e-learning development. But what...
Mar 30, 2017 | Business mind benders, Entrepreneurial Goodies, Mentoring & advice, Thought leading
Operations Management & Logistics I recently had the privilege to listen to an opening address by Prof Helena van Zyl, Director of the UFS Business School. She shared with the audience a number of interesting observations from Thomas Friedman’s latest book...
