Owning innovation in 2017: Up to the job?

Owning innovation in 2017: Up to the job?

The talent acquisition wish-list is clear. Innovative thinking is a key requirement of directors looking for senior management ready to embrace change and harness new ideas. The strategic goal is to institutionalise innovation, make it integral to the organisation and...
What successful digital transformation looks like

What successful digital transformation looks like

By Tom Pegrume, Vice President EMEA Emerging Markets at Hitachi Data Systems The business world is changing. Historically, businesses were “analogue” in that they had a bricks-and-mortar store where customers would interact with real people and things were...
10 things about innovation learned from startups

10 things about innovation learned from startups

Roger Norton CEO at Startup Studio Playlogix.com, which helps entrepreneurs and corporate R&D projects build technology, looks at what lessons corporates can learn from startups about innovation and what they can do differently to compete better. Innovation is the...
NGO guide to surviving age of digital disruption

NGO guide to surviving age of digital disruption

By Siya Madyibi, Head of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs Microsoft SA Despite 98% of non-profits indicating that technology is very important to their operations, the sector still faces challenges to its digital transformation, compared to other industries.  ...
Think your customers are loyal? Think again

Think your customers are loyal? Think again

We all carry a stack of loyalty cards in our wallets, for medical aid, banks, retail stores, coffee shops, grocery stores, chemists, the local health shop, book stores, airline miles, your spa and many more. On paper you look like a loyal customer, but behind the...