by Dianne Bayley | Aug 3, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Six months into the global Covid-19 pandemic, most organisations have settled into new, more digital ways of working and collaborating, writes Gerhard Hartman, VP, Medium Business, Sage Africa & Middle East. Even though the crisis is not yet behind us, businesses...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 1, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Over the past 20 years, the human attention span has rapidly decreased from 12 seconds to eight seconds, according to a Microsoft study. A short attention span has huge implications on how effectively an individual retains information. And it impacts an organisation’s...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 26, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Going back to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic is not a simple matter for most people regardless of how keen they are to get back to routine. Almost four months have passed since the hard lockdown began. Many have not stepped into their workplace or seen their...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 25, 2020 | Workplace 2020
I am not certain what to make of the famous story that appears towards the beginning of the book of Genesis, writes Howard Feldman, Head of Marketing & People at Synthesis. It tells of the people who got together to build a tower that could ultimately reach God....
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 19, 2020 | Workplace 2020
As South Africa braces itself to reach the peak in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, Government statistics have shown that the country could reach 400,000 infections by mid-July. While lockdown conditions may have been eased to level 3 for now, South Africa,...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 13, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Foreign expatriates are now allowed to enter South Africa during the National State of Disaster under exceptional circumstances, writes Tasia Brummer, Immigration Specialist at Xpatweb. This follows the announced amended regulations by the Minister of Department of...
