Pandemics change the way people live in unforeseen ways, whether that change is gradual, or sudden. Ernest Hemingway was responsible for coining the phrase, “Gradually, then suddenly”. It is an apt reflection of what is happening around the world as the coronavirus (COVID-19) wrecks untold damage. States, their citizens, health systems and economies are under […]

Recently, I was fortunate to moderate a panel at SAIC 2019.   Having experienced last year’s conference, I wasn’t going to attend this year’s instalment but felt the tug of national duty when asked to moderate. On the panel, I enjoyed, inter alia, listening to the thoughts of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Public Enterprises […]

Local firms have the opportunity to evolve new ways of working and thinking The consulting industry has gone through a tumultuous period, with the deeds of a few tainting the many. It has been dragged through the mud. The nameplate consultancies involved in this public tarring and feathering have only themselves to blame for the […]