On Wednesday 3rd July, Chantell was on her regular spot as a trends analyst for Kieno Kammies, the weekday breakfast show host on 567 Cape Talk. On this occasion, she spoke about education in South Africa and whether it is lacking the levels of innovation needed to address the radically changing world of work.
She also touched on the flags mindofafox are watching in this regard.
You can hear it as a podcast on the Cape Talk website here.
On Wednesday 13th March, Chantell was asked to start her regular spot as a trends analyst for Kieno Kammies, the weekday breakfast show host on 567 Cape Talk.
Chantell talked about climate change, and how there seems to be a growing trend among major decision-makers to finally start taking it seriously.
Imagine you were asked in 1919 what the narrative might be for the rest of the 20th century in terms of major developments. You might well have said that cars and planes were going to revolutionise transport and change where and how we lived. You could have anticipated the radio transforming the way we got our news and were entertained.
Pushing the envelope, you might have added that pictures would accompany sound one day and captured the idea of television. Unless you had extraordinary powers of foresight, you would not have played a scenario of the rise of computers, the internet and cell phones in the
This is going to hurt.
Saying “we need a turnaround strategy” is a little like saying, “we need some water”…because you’re on fire! It is a scream of panic wrapped in jargon whisper. It’s also the start of a game of pain.
Essentially a turnaround strategy is an admission that the direction a company has gone is wrong, hence the need to turn it around. The ‘wrongness’ is normally shown in successive losses, declining market share, persistent negative cash flows, or loss of employees or clients to competitors.
The possible causes are numerous, but usually point towards bad management, a muddled strategy, and a blindness
Icebreakers no longer needed.
A dramatic and unfortunate game is playing north - way up north - and it’s pitting economics against the environment.
Last month, the Arctic Ocean - normally a no-go area for all but the bravest of sailors in specially-constructed icebreakers - saw the first ever container ship slip alone, and somewhat gingerly, through its seas.
The Venta Maersk sailed from Vladivostok on Russia’s east coast to St Petersburg on the Baltic coast.
So what made the Venta Maersk’s trip possible? In brief: global warming. The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice
