Data and analytics must become part of any business’s DNA to ensure transformative decisions and strategies that foster competitiveness and increased profitability. However, establishing a data-driven culture is no small feat.
Reflections Of A Modern Marketing Intern
Marketing is also not a relaxed discipline where you can take time to ease in. With constant campaign roll-outs, new product launches, thought leadership, new events, go-to-markets, leads to nurture, sales deals to help close and many brainstorming sessions, I had to learn quickly to help my team deliver on targets.
Employees don’t need workplace tools to be fun
For quite some time, organisations have tried to make work more fun and endearing by incorporating gamification into the work environment. Of course, there are various layers of the concept but at its core, gamification is playing a work-related game to achieve something and get a reward. This approach covers two bases – keep users engaged and get some work done.
3 Mistakes That Make Thriving CIO’s Tank
The Accenture 2015 US Innovation Survey reported that 84% of executives considered their future success to be extremely dependent on innovation, with McKinsey adding that 80% of executives view their current business models as at risk of disruption in the near future.
Getting Transformation Right
Digital transformation may be seen by some as yet another industry buzzword, but the fact is that by 2022, global spending on digital transformation is expected to reach nearly $2 trillion. The size of the anticipated market is such that it is not surprising to learn that most enterprises are either busy with, or are at least considering, some form of digitisation strategy.
Working From Home Video Tips
FaceTime, Zoom, Skype, and Teams are just a few of the apps used to communicate during unprecedented times. But despite the fact that we are not in the same room for meetings, you still have to put your best foot forward.
The Evolving CFO And Technology
As a CFO to a top 1% global Microsoft system integrator, I am continually learning and collaborating to ensure that I stay on top of evolving trends to help my organisation and its clients transform through technology. From the last few finance and technology seminars I attended; a pertinent theme rang throughout a look into the jobs that will no longer exist in 10 years.
Digital Transformation: Weighing The Impact On Profit And People
The inescapable business logic is that digitisation drives efficiencies, and with employees pegged as the largest cost item on the balance sheet for most organisations, the loss of jobs is, in most cases, inevitable. However, if swathes of employees across the developing world lose their jobs due to digitisation.
Six things a Tech CFO learned during COVID-19
There is always uncertainty in business, from recessions to Y2K and, as such, we have always led our business through uncertainty! COVID-19 did happen at a faster pace, but it is still an uncertain time. And with life and all events, it is not about the event or how it happened, but what counts is how we, as organisations, lead our employees through it.
The ultimate Product Launch Guide
Technology has changed so much that it is no longer possible to wait for the perfect product to launch. This trend is evident in the approach of tech giants, such as Microsoft, who went from previously launching only new product versions, waiting a year before the next upgrade, to now releasing continuous updates to existing products to ensure relevance and competitiveness.
