It’s the start 2019 and what better time to think about what it takes to be a good leader than now? Over the course of 2018, I had a number of experiences that got me thinking about what modern leaders should look like and what they should aspire to be. Today, we have so many

Consider the original telephone. A culmination of work done by many individuals, this device was originally only used for one thing – allowing two or more users to have a conversation when they were too far apart to communicate normally. The traditional telephone has served as the world’s primary way of communicating across distances for

When asked what innovation is, a group of authors, business founders and innovation consultants had the following to say: “Innovation is the implementation of creative ideas in order to generate value, usually through increased revenues, reduced costs or both.” “Innovation is work that delivers new goodness to new customers in new markets, and does it

The modern enterprise business is being forced to embrace a new digital reality. The lines between IT and telecoms are blurring, and the new workforce is mobile and connected at all times. IT, telecoms and technology are central components to the operations of any modern organisation. To thrive in the modern marketplace, organisations need to

If you look at the global food scene, trends come and go. There was craft beer, burgers and now gin seems to be the latest thing catching everyone’s attention. But when something becomes popular, what is it that differentiates one beer from another? Or makes a particular burger better than the rest? This is what

With any conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) the conversations inevitably moves towards the potential pitfalls. Generally there are three that come up. First, there is talk of job losses and fear that large groups of the global workforce will be replaced by robots. Then there are those who bring up fact that criminals and hackers