Tag: workplace

Resilience is increasingly recognised as a key skill for thriving in the future workplace. By extension, brand resilience is equally important in crowded marketplaces, plagued by economic headwinds. 

We are constantly surrounded by chaos. The world is complicated and ever-changing. Young people, looking at the world they are inheriting, are standing up and shouting, 'Hell no!' Generation Z is primed to breach the status quo.

“It is not a question of patronising philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non- disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognise the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity.” - Nelson Mandela

Read our exclusive cover story titled SUITS & SNEAKERS - A MILLENNIAL PERSPECTIVE ON WORKPLACE LEADERSHIP by Wayne Meisel, Business Manager, SAP Africa as well a host of other topical management articles written by professionals, consultants and academics in the August/September 2022 edition of BusinessBrief.

While the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) was already underway, COVID-19 dramatically accelerated its use and adoption in workplaces globally. Whether AI proves to be a tool for human learning and advancement, promoting broader economic access and inclusion, or a technology that replaces and excludes them is up to us.

At its origin, Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) was intended to fulfil several critical objectives linked to transformation in the workplace, stemming from the immensely negative impact that Apartheid had wreaked on Black Civil Society in South Africa.

Workplaces across the globe are facing a mental health crisis of unprecedented scope, as the effects of almost two years of anxiety, uncertainty and fear will transition into another period of flux as we enter 2022, a leadership expert says.

OVID-19 has shone a sharp spotlight on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in our organisations. The pandemic has had a harder impact on many diverse groups, including women, working parents and LGBTQ+ employees, with magnified challenges around caring for family and working. As we ponder what our future world of work will look like, there’s never been a better time for us to make our D&I initiatives even more inclusive, by encouraging dialogue across all hierarchical levels and enabling creativity and innovation.

Several corporations have recently announced that they will implement mandatory vaccination at their workplaces, and possibly many more will follow. This important development will hopefully result in a few unanswered questions around mandatory vaccination finally being tested (and answered) before our courts (including, among other things, disciplining employees in this context). 

In this insightful video, I give my views on what the new world of work could look like. I discuss issues like policies that are currently being changed or created to accommodate the trends that we are starting to see and I offer advice on how companies can ensure that they are appropriately prepared for the new world of work.