Tag: Dr Ivor Blumenthal

We should get some strategy consultants to draw up a set of values that we can post on the walls. Ask them to include the usual suspects - integrity, fairness, honesty, excellence, a passion for customers - and perhaps some cool phrase like ‘at this company we make magic’, ‘losing is not an option’ or ‘we make it happen!’. That should take care of the ethics thing that everybody is getting so worked up about.

A sceptic may observe that BBBEE is trying to be everything to everyone. That on the one hand it is trying to ensure the levelling of playing fields for Black, Indian Coloured and naturalised Chinese people amongst a workforce which has traditionally been white and male dominated. At the same time BBBEE is trying to level the playing fields for women and the disabled.

An interview with Elad Smadja, Head of Financial Operations, Taurus Capital, and Dr Ivor Blumenthal, CEO, ArkKonsult, discussing how a steady flow of cash is required in order to continue functioning successfully and that this applies equally to companies both large and small, cutting across all industries including law firms.

The only constant in a tech-driven world is change. Rapid advances in technology are driving change in the workplace. To remain competitive, businesses are having to implement new strategies that include technology, upskilling their workforce, employing agile leaders and promoting a culture of lifelong learning among managers and other employees.

In-house agencies are returning to the inner sanctums of companies. In recent years, many major corporate brands have brought content and marketing agency capabilities back into the fold, which resulted in the development of an in-house agency as part of improving the delivery and speed of marketing efforts.

An interview with Brian Mhlanga, Leadership/Executive Coach & Facilitator, and Dr Ivor Blumenthal, CEO, ArkKonsult, discussing that it is a myth that leadership and executive coaching is ‘not a Black thing’; that the concept is Western and therefore has no value in South Africa.

What would a Framework for including people with disabilities into your supply chain look like in-terms of the latest BBBEE Codes of Good Practice published on the 31st of May 2019?

There are multiple benefits which companies can derive either in employing people with disabilities, or in procuring goods or services from them within the businesses supply chain.

Finally, an opportunity to examine the substantive choices made in the application of AI solutions, within the same industry, reflecting the cultures and norms of two different countries.

An interview with David Lapin, Chief Executive Officer, Lapin International Inc, and Dr Ivor Blumenthal, CEO, ArkKonsult, discussing how the implementation and operationalisation of ethics is not just about compliance, its about a philosophy of value-based and value-centred leadership, and by building it into the DNA of a business, will create a natural outcome of ethical business practice which in turn results in improved performance.