I’ve managed to get my wife blogging, you can see her writing here. She makes me look like an angel crossed with a god, so don’t believe every word she says 😉
Now, how do I convince her to use Twitter?
Executive bonuses – Justified?
There’s been a lot of uproar in the media about the extent of the bonuses the executives of large corporates are getting.
My view on this is that if the executive made a significant change to the bottom line of a company, he deserves a percentage. But… Continue reading Executive bonuses – Justified?
The difference between leadership and management
All leaders perform management functions, but very few managers actually perform leadership functions.
We had an incident recently where 2 people could not behave themselves like adults in a particular setting at work. Instead of dealing with the 2, and making sure they don’t do it again, our management team Continue reading The difference between leadership and management
Misunderstood keyword
At the beginning of the year, instead of deciding on a stack of new-year’s resolutions, I decided on one keyword for the year. #create. Whether it be more blog posts, some awesome photos, usable applications in the public domain, website that people would actually want to visit/use. That was my motto for the year, to create more and consume less.
But I have to admit, it looks like I misinterpreted my keyword. I went for #procreate instead. Continue reading Misunderstood keyword
An idea for a more effective social grant system
I was just reading a user letter on News24 about the effectiveness of AA, and had this idea. I do not disagree with the fact that previously disadvantaged people need a hand up in life, but I do disagree wholeheartedly with the way it was implemented. My reason for disagreeing…
In the large parastatals, highly skilled people were replaced willy-nilly, without making sure that the replacements could actually do the job that was expected from them, and without making sure that there was some kind of knowledge transfer on exactly what was required in these jobs.
As we all know, this has come back to bite the country in a big way.
Continue reading An idea for a more effective social grant system
Tax explained – African style
Suppose there are ten men who go to dinner every night. Six of them are Black, one Coloured, one Indian and two Whites. The one White guy is middleclass and the other is rich. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
What have we learnt in 2 millenia?
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
— Cicero, 55 BC
Evidently, nothing….