by Guy | Feb 14, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Growth, Recession, Success, Upturn
In the proverbial “stormy seas” of these times, what with energy concerns and price increases, staff problems, chip shortages, shipping issues, looming inflation and many others, there are certainly plenty of waves. But, as we know (and as King Cnut found out 1000...
by Guy | Dec 27, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Recession, Success, Upturn
Speaking with people recently has reinforced just how tough it has been for so many business owners and CEOs during the past two years of pandemic. We need, though, to look past this – to look ahead, not behind, and to find the opportunities these times present, and...
by Guy | Oct 20, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Leadership, Oil, Pandemic, COVID, Profitability, Recession, Strategy, Success, Upturn
I don’t know if you’ve seen this great MindBullet entitled “China’s Perfect Storm” which was “written from 30 years in the future”. For those of you unfamiliar with it, MindBullets sends out a weekly ‘bullet’ written ‘from the future,’ and looking back to things...
by Guy | Oct 13, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Strategy, Success, Upturn
VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. You’d think it was an acronym designed specifically for these very different times in which we currently live. In fact, though, it was coined in the late 80s by the US Army War College to describe the rapidly...
by Guy | Sep 15, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Growth, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Profitability, Strategy, Upturn
No less than 61% of South African SMMEs surveyed by Mastercard* in Q2 this year are actively planning for growth. This despite a massive 84% saying their revenue has been negatively affected by the pandemic, with the survey showing that 79% are looking at earnings...
by Guy | Aug 26, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Recession, Strategy, Upturn
I’ve been writing recently about the need to strategise and plan for a post-pandemic successful future in your business – something your board should be actively pursuing. Stifel, the US-based investment banking and services company, recently undertook some research...
