How low should financial inclusion & ownership go?
Voices are getting louder around the topic of financial inclusion and ownership in corporates. These efforts aim to change the status quo, so that we can build an inclusive economy amid and post COVID-19. The conversation around equity ownership for lower level...
Cultureneering – building a future-fit business during turbulent timesSouth African companies continue to battle the COVID-19 storm and retrenchments, short weeks, and reduced salaries are widespread as businesses attempt to cut costs to stop the bleeding.
Here’s the biggest problem with these survival tactics. The traditional focus on the bottom line and cost-cutting wasn’t working before this pandemic, and COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on the inequalities of our country. If we continue down this path, it will be a...
Leadership in a COVID worldLeaders in a world forever changed by the COVID19 pandemic will have to demonstrate agility and compassion and have an excellent understanding of South Africa’s socioeconomic realities.
GIBS faculty Prof Karl Hofmeyr told a recent GIBS Flash Forum that the current COVID19 pandemic had reinforced the real role of business, which was not to make money, but rather to add value and purpose to people’s lives. Andile Sangqu, GIBS Executive-in-Residence...
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