Every company knows that there is a serious skills shortage in the marketplace, across most sectors and job types. Upskilling staff has been a high priority for both companies and government for more than two decades.

Every company knows that there is a serious skills shortage in the marketplace, across most sectors and job types. Upskilling staff has been a high priority for both companies and government for more than two decades.

“Is your business online?” This is one of the most loaded business questions of the digital age. Once upon a time (not too long ago), it meant, do you have a website; later, it came to include social media, doing a blog – the question really just meant, do you have an online presence.

While remote work advocates have been encouraging companies to go remote or blended for several years, the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing lock downs forced the issue, leaving many companies – and their employees – unprepared for a mass migration to remote work.

While some companies have been testing the waters of working from home for the last few years, nobody was quite prepared for the sudden need for widespread, global remote work. As a result, you and your teams may have encountered some difficulties in communicating effectively.

Remote working is no joke: your kids are bouncing off the walls, switching to Netflix from that educational video you left them with along with your best intentions, while you scurry off to try to be valuable to your company before you get retrenched.

Taking a taxi to and from work is the only mode of transport for many South Africans, how do we deal with the fear of Corona in a taxi.

“Send wine” used to be a funny saying between moms when they just needed a little break from everyday momming. In the time of Corona, this has become a necessity. “Send wine” is no longer a request but rather a plea for sanity.