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Dealing in the dark – planning in an existential crisis

Dealing in the dark – planning in an existential crisis

2020 – the pandemic has triggered an economic and human catastrophe and it’s far from over. But it will spark a new normal – “the imperative of our time”, bringing a “dramatic restructuring of the economic and social order” (Devex Jan 2021). So how...
Managing Employee Performance Remotely

Managing Employee Performance Remotely

Of all the things topical in the world of work this year, how to manage team performance certainly competes for centre stage, alongside concerns about keeping businesses afloat beyond 2020. Some would argue that effective performance management need never have been...
Isolation, application, and augmented reality

Isolation, application, and augmented reality

And you thought it will all come back to normal by the year-end? It is so apparent that our world is changing at a rapid pace – it was doing that just before the virus, but now even more so. Yet some expect that by the end of 2020 things will be back to normal – or...
Managing Employee Performance Remotely

Going Remote – Smoothing the Transition

By now most will have had good practice working with a distributed workforce.  Much is to be said for, and perhaps against, this model, given the gymnastics that every employer has had to utilise to keep businesses alive and teams connected.  Employees too...
COVID-19 statistics- it’s all about the denominator ….

COVID-19 statistics- it’s all about the denominator ….

….. not just it’s size, but who is in the denominator? If they don’t tell you, make sure you ask. It matters. It matters when you wonder how Zimbabwe has seemingly, thus far, escaped the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic when its neighbour to the south, South Africa, is...
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man ….

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man ….

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Snitch, Spy or Whistle-Blower? A familiar childhood rhyme? I always selected to be a sailor – but, really, found the options given too limited. Did anyone ever elect to be a thief? Or did that just come in the quest...