Tag: productivity

Despite significant investment in employee benefits, many organisations still struggle. Employee engagement remains low. Healthcare expenses continue to rise. Productivity shows signs of decline. In many cases, the issue does not stem from underinvestment. Instead, it reflects a lack of insight. Even the most comprehensive medical coverage can fall short.

How often have you picked up your phone “just to check something quickly”, only to lose 20 minutes down a digital rabbit hole? This all-too-familiar habit is known as doom scrolling. It involves endless and often mindless consumption of online content. The habit leaves us more drained than informed.

If you do one thing differently in your organisation this year, let it be saying goodbye to ad-hoc business travel for good. This is the type of travel that sees your team make three separate trips to Johannesburg, Cape Town, or Nairobi within six weeks. Or book flights with less than five days' notice. Or add unnecessary expense, complexity and stress to already-packed schedules.

An interactive guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones, based on the 25-million-copy #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits. Simple Exercises for Building the Life You Want. The official companion to the #1 worldwide bestseller is the next step in your habits toolkit. Guided journal prompts help you engage with your habits and the forces that impact them.

The first time I opened the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7, I realised it was more than a phone; it was a statement. The hinge unfolded with such precision that it felt engineered for a new era of smartphones. Samsung has clearly fine-tuned every element, and the Galaxy Z Fold7 now feels like a complete product, not a prototype of the future, but the future itself.

For many of us, work is one of the most significant factors in our general health and mood. When it goes well, it can be excellent. Work can be creative, lucrative and sociable. But when it does not, we often feel overloaded and stressed. Post COVID-19, many companies are making an effort to show they care. They offer better hours, remote work options, and lunchtime yoga classes.

Companies are struggling to take the first step into Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, there is a way around the overwhelm. AI has become the corporate obsession of 2025. From the explosion of ChatGPT to the everyday integration of tools like Microsoft Copilot, companies echo with conversations.

Burnout and unhappiness at work are more common than you think. According to a survey from the South African Depression and Anxiety Group, 60% of respondents wish they could afford to quit their jobs. Additionally, 50% of respondents feel unhappy about returning to work each Monday. Some 13% report burnout. These are alarming statistics.

In mining, the goals are clear: safety, productivity, profitability. Leadership spends countless hours developing strategies. They align KPIs and ensure plans are in place to keep the business moving forward. But on the ground, where boots hit rock, what’s planned often gets lost in translation.

Young people, those under 30, constitute more than 50% of today’s global population. Projections show that this figure will rise to 75% by 2030. Generation Z (Gen Z) already makes up 27% of the workforce. They bring a unique set of talents and insights that are reshaping the world of work.