by Keith Coats | Nov 10, 2015 | Archive, Change, Diversity, Leadership
Today’s viewpoint offers perspective on yesterday’s form. It doesn’t usually make for comfortable viewing. Looking back reveals past prejudices, biases and ‘truths’ that in the light of today, are revealed for what they are… wrongs, lies or for some, sin. In this...
by Keith Coats | Nov 9, 2015 | Archive, Change, Diversity, Leadership
H&M, the Swedish fashion retailer, have certainly made an inauspicious entry into the South African market. In fact it is hard to imagine how they could have messed things up more than they have in making their splash! Firstly they launch their brand using images...
by Keith Coats | Oct 27, 2015 | Archive, Change, Diversity, Leadership
A friend of mine recently attended the Global Leadership Summit and was enthusiastically sharing with me an excellent talk she had heard about giving feedback. It sounded as though the talk had been tailored to the audience and had covered a lot of ground in a mere 30...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 14, 2015 | Archive, Diversity
Last Sunday was National Women’s Day in my home country, South Africa. The public holiday celebrates an anti-apartheid women’s march which took place on 9 August 1956. It was a key moment in South African history, and one that inspired women through the...
by Graeme Codrington | May 22, 2015 | Archive, Change, Diversity, Future Trends, Leadership, Organisational Development
Here are the top 5 articles I read this past week on the forces shaping our world right now, and how we should respond to them: The four global forces breaking all the trends – McKinsey on: The world economy’s operating system is being rewritten. In this excerpt...
by Raymond de Villiers | May 11, 2015 | Archive, Change, Diversity, Leadership, Organisational Development
Digital Natives have grown up in a world that has been called the VUCA world. This is an acronym that covers four areas outlined below. V equals volatile U equals uncertain C equals complex A equals ambiguous There is a corresponding VUCA response that we can...
