Battling the brain drain

Due to a unique mix of economic and political variables, South Africa continues to suffer the devastating consequences of a seemingly unstoppable brain drain says Gys Kappers, CEO of WyseTalk. “As we bleed skills and knowledge, organisations’ output and...

The right skills for the right solutions

As communications service providers increasingly focus on the customer, many are tackling the fundamental problem of getting a larger number of products to market faster, for example, by strengthening their offers by implementing centralised, co-ordinated product...

Sales organisations need B2B skills upgrade

Despite all the attention around digital marketing and its ability to connect with customers in new and meaningful ways, people selling to people is still the primary way in which business-to-business (B2B) technology purchases are made, according to a recent survey...

Can’t hire skills? Grow them instead

For as long as there has been an IT industry, there has been a shortage of skills. Business has always seemed to require more skilled staff than have ever been available in the market. But there’s a recent trend that is becoming more and more common: tech...

Supply chain management now a degree

As South African businesses continue to expand their footprint into Africa to tap into the continent’s expanding consumer market and growing middle class, so the shortage of managers with suitable high-level skills in export and supply chain management is becoming...