Tag: neuroscience

As a species, we've never had it so good. We're living longer and healthier lives than ever before; the sum of human knowledge and endless entertainment are only ever a few clicks away.

You cannot escape threats. Threats to your business, your relationships, your potential, your health. In fact, everything you love is being threatened. The question is: What will you do about it? How you learn to respond to threats determines the trajectory of your life.

In his previous budget speech, Minister Mboweni mentioned a host of different taxes that the revenue man would soon be collecting from us. From personal income tax, to fuel taxes, corporate and carbon taxes – the list was long. But one tax he didn’t mention – and to his credit it is not an official tax (but I would argue it should be) – is behaviour tax.

It’s common knowledge that stress is a silent killer and burn-out more than just a warning shot across the bow. Yet, the inability of a leader to recognise, acknowledge and manage stress remains very much a taboo, with catastrophic consequences for his company, career and life.

While it does not seem likely at current progress, human-level AI by 2025 is not as far-fetched as some may believe and we are already on that journey. Major enterprises like Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon are pumping billions into AI research, including neuroscience research.

Fear-fuelled stockpiling offers astute investors valuable insights into human nature. In August 2020, South Africans formed long queues outside liquor stores across the country, hoping to stock up on alcohol before a rumoured ban came into effect. But, as it turns out, the ban was fake news, spread on WhatsApp and social media.

Fuelling Futures is the story of Tshepiso Phosa, a woman determined to use her position in the fuel industry, and related industries, to help fuel other people's futures. What's fuelling your future? From the next breath you take until your last breath, your future in a mystical place, filled with both infinite potential as well as terrifying uncertainty. 

Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging.

It may be time to rethink our beliefs about paper, print and ink, especially in the face of an increasingly digital world. The perception that paper-based mediums are irrelevant and environmentally-unfriendly is untrue, as research points to the contrary.

How can we work towards a common, mutually beneficial future in an extremely diverse world fragmented by difference? Multinational companies are well acquainted with this problem, as they confront it daily through the communication conundrums between their regional offices.