We certainly live in unusual times.
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d go up to a bank teller with a mask on, asking for money.
Even to go shopping is different; standing in a queue to enter the shop and having sanitiser sprayed on your hands before entering. We are all used to queueing at tills before you exit a shop, but waiting in a queue to enter when it is not Black Friday is really something different.
UncertaintyThe one thing though that concerns me is ... continue reading
During the past decade or two we often heard that change is the order of the day and that a comfort zone is not a good place to dwell. Wave upon wave of new technology washed over us and we continually had to adapt to an ever changing world.
Yet, except for some of the very elderly who can still remember the days of the second world war, none of us have ever experienced such a level of uncertainty as now with the coronavirus and the economy virtually completely ... continue reading
Wash your hands, don’t touch, close the business, close the school, wear a mask, cancel the game and do whatever is necessary to prevent the spread of the coronavirus(COVID-19). What happens at present is that people travel less, sports events are called off or played before empty stadiums, stock exchanges tumble, etc. which will probably have a huge negative influence on the world economy.
Businesses at riskSomeone on CNN mentioned that
the coronavirus may perhaps kill more businesses than people.
Therefore the following piece of advice from a ... continue reading
It seems like we live in a time of great confusion, or perhaps we should say that some leaders have no clue about what is happening in the organisations they are leading.
On Monday this week the SAA announced that in spite the fact that they did not receive R2bn from government for business rescue, all activities will carry on as usual. By Tuesday noon the SAA announced that 19 flights between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban as well as between Johannesburg and München are cancelled for the next ... continue reading
During the past week I attended an online Business Summit. A large number of renowned speakers each talked on their topic of expertise. One speaker Walt Hampton author of Power Principles of Time Mastery: Do Less, Make More, Have Fun spoke on what he calls “time mastery”.
We often hear about ‘time management” courses, but according to Hampton
we all have all the time there is, which just passes us by.
So according to him we cannot manage time, but we can become masters of ourselves to better use ... continue reading
