by Keith Coats | Sep 23, 2009 | Diversity
My current visit to the Asia Pacific Leadership Program is the eighth time I have had the privilege to visit Hawaii and experience the ‘aloha’ spirit. The traditional aloha greeting, goes far beyond the simple ‘hello’. The traditional greeting...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 28, 2009 | Archive, Diversity
The ether is alive with enraged twits, tweeting and blogging on about Microsoft’s racist blunder. If you’ve not heard the buzz, it has to do with MS photoshopping an advert as it transported it from the US (where it features a white woman, older black man,...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 21, 2009 | Archive, Diversity
In a world of increasing complexity, we will continually need to deal with competing claims and rights (and the flip side, too, of responsibilities). America, as the sole superpower, must currently find a balance between “bringing freedom to the world” and...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 27, 2009 | Archive, Diversity, Future Trends, Organisational Development
Sipho Ngcobo wrote an interesting article on Money Web this last week, reflecting on the reality the African National Congress (ANC) faces around service delivery, or lack of it, in South Africa currently. He suggests that the pressure the ANC is under for 2011 local...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 4, 2009 | Diversity, Future Trends
I’ve heard plenty of mechanisms to improve team spirit and boost office morale, but never this…”Staff at a design and marketing company in Newcastle (UK) spent a day working together naked after being told it would improve their morale.”And it...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 25, 2007 | Archive, Diversity
Aloysias Maimane asks what makes someone an African. Part of the answer relates to African celebrations. In this article, Aloysias explains what celebrations mean to Africans, and what implications this has for companies and leaders. Anyone who needs to attract,...
