Adapting to change in a virtual world

It should come as no surprise that the biggest technological impacts on IT departments in 2013 were mobile and big data. Both issues also dominated conversations in the storage arena last year and with employees now increasingly working remotely, it’s highly likely...

Bureaucracy hinders education sector change

From the enablement of remote learning to the increased optimisation of back office business critical functions, the education sector has never faced a greater time of change. Leaders agree. Many South African leaders, political and non-political, emphasise education...

Emotional intelligence key to change in SA

The learnable, measurable skills of emotional intelligence are key to performance, and now South African organisations have access to the tools that can turn the science into action. A recent multi-year case study at FedEx Express found that increasing emotional...

The changing face of modern business

There is no escaping the changing face of modern business. The traditional picture of a company located in an “easy-to-travel” to building where employees physically work alongside each other, in a fixed and networked computing environment, no longer rings...

Governments battle to effect needed change

At least two-thirds of government executives acknowledge that their organisation needs to change faster over the next three years to keep up with changing business conditions – but only 27% feel significant or extreme pressure to adapt to the rapid change required....