If there is one thing the forced acceleration of the 4th Industrial Revolution under COVID-19 has given many of us, it is the fact that we can work differently. We can work for more than one company. We can work from anywhere. We can more easily be our own boss.
Category: Business
Bad business ideas
How do you tell if a business idea is a bad one? Google does not want to tell you which business ideas during the time of COVID-19 are bad ideas. I tried to ask. It turned up 224 000 000 results in 0.32 seconds.
It is the year 2030…
A Whale-bus as a means to cross the Atlantic! Certainly some of the future predictions made by the French commercial artist Jean-Marc Côté and his team at the 1900s World’s Fair ‘Exposition Universelle’ were strange, indeed! The same can be said for the predictions made by many futurists throughout the ages.
The Finance Minister has spoken – extraordinary measures, monies and circumstances
The passage of time seems to be such a fractured thing right now and it isn’t going to stop being so any time soon. As a country, we are bracing ourselves for the cresting of the Corona wave.
The ‘new normal’ that still seems so foreign and what the fourth industrial revolution has to do with it
The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings technologies that blur the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres across all sectors. It brings about boundary-busting disruptions that will change the world of work as we know it
Undoing lockdown – levels of strategic thinking
Entrepreneurs are doers. They see a gap, a need, a problem and they react. Often, things build momentum and somewhere in the future they find themselves running a business. Most business do not fail because they are built on bad ideas. They fail because basic planning was not done.
Undoing Lockdown – levels of business support
Some feel cheated. We were told ‘this lockdown thing’ will come to an end, and yes, we knew it would not quite mean business to usual, but THIS unusual? And for how long, THIS time? Anger and frustration, fueled by denied addictions and proclivities, are rising. Scathing memes and poisonous comments are setting Facebook and social media on fire. There are growing accusations of class and race prejudice from all sides.
Open doors during lockdown – part 1
This is not business as usual.
Your staff haven’t simply moved offices. This is not working remotely by choice. This is trying to work from home whilst the world is experiencing an unprecedented crisis, with unpredictable outcomes. Your staff, their families, your suppliers and clients will not react as they ‘normally’ would. In fact, you yourself may not have it as together as you would like others to think…
Apocalypse (Not) Now – What to do now that Moody’s has downgraded RSA to junk status
It is true – the country has been down-graded by the last remaining ratings agency, Moody’s, that thought South Africa was worth investing in – somewhat. It would be really bad news, if we don’t take into consideration that the whole world is facing two crises. We are all battling the COVID-19 virus and markets are volatile everywhere.
ABCs of budgeting # 3 (it is possible to design a budget without swearing too much)
Here we are again – you and I and your budget. We aim, in this blog, to give you the tools to look at your needs, your wants and your current reality.