technology Archives | Jedidiah https://jedidiah.org.za/tag/technology/ Raising a Standard of Excellence & Significance Thu, 22 Nov 2018 20:03:38 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 4th Industrial Revolution https://jedidiah.org.za/economy/4th-industrial-revolution/ https://jedidiah.org.za/economy/4th-industrial-revolution/#respond Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:50:42 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1020 Revolution Industrial Cars Manufacturing Machines Automation ProductionNews 24 recently reported about Standard Bank’s intention to lay off 528 employees. This huge lay off is the result of increased digitization and the use of artificial intelligence in the banking industry.

The trade unions are understandably highly upset, yet their spokesperson said that they realise that some jobs over time will disappear whilst new ones will be created. Unfortunately fewer jobs will be created than the ones being made redundant.

Fewer jobs

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]]> https://jedidiah.org.za/economy/4th-industrial-revolution/feed/ 0 Living on the edge https://jedidiah.org.za/economy/living-on-the-edge/ https://jedidiah.org.za/economy/living-on-the-edge/#respond Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:14:42 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=891 Most people who come to me for Career Direct assessments indicate that security is an important factor for them when considering a career. We like to predict the outcome of things to come as accurate as possible. Most people are risk averse, and “living on the edge” is not a comfort zone.

Doing business

Yet, thirty years ago already business guru Tom Peters wrote in his book Thriving on Chaos that

predictability is a thing of the past.

He said that markets are in chaos and business people somehow need ... continue reading

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