Digital transformation and the loss of jobs Digital transformation is happening, job losses are happening!. Whether jobs are lost because a company digitally transforms or due to a company having to close its doors due to non-competitiveness, job losses are happening. I have been involved in a number of digital transformation initiatives over the years […]
As leaders of organisations or divisions, our minds are often consumed with thoughts, concerns and worries over our company, what the future holds for the organization, for our teams and for ourselves. Are these worries keeping you up at night? Everything is moving faster: you struggle to keep up with your customer demands, you are […]
Adapt to the Future Remember when our parents told us not to speak to strangers, not to get into a stranger’s car, and not to be lured into a stranger’s home! Is that not exactly what we do today? We find a stranger on the internet, ask him for a lift, climb in his car […]
Digital Transformation @ work We have been involved in business transformations in large and small organisations using technology for many years, so a couple of years ago, we started Metatrans and focused on helping businesses adapt to the changing environment using digital transformation. Today we want to talk about digital transformation @ work in South […]
The draft POPI regulations (Also known as POPIA) have been published by the regulator and people are invited to comment on them by the 7th November 2017. The draft POPI regulations consist of 5 pages of regulations and 26 pages of sample forms. These regulations are largely administrative and do not provide much guidance on […]
Details of the POPI leak Millions of South Africans have had their personal information exposed, 66 million people at the last count. Some of these include information of deceased people and a significant number are those of young children and teenagers. It is not known exactly how long the information has been public, but the […]
The digital transformation hype Digital transformation is everywhere, the phrase ‘digital transformation’ results in 8.7 million google search results, but what is the hype about really? Just another fad, business model or technology. Digital transformation should rather be named digital business transformation, as it is about transforming the enterprise from top to bottom – transforming […]
Managing your Social media customer complaints As part of a strategic analysis I recently completed for one of the major banks, I have some insights into the behavior of an unhappy customer. I firmly believe my findings are not limited to a large financial institution, and that, regardless of your industry or size of your […]
Are You Managing Your Google Dashboard? Google’s Dashboard service was released in November 2009, but based on recent conversations, not everyone is aware of where to find the data collected by google associated with your google account. From your first Gmail account, through all your google searches and youtube views, Google has been collecting an […]
Are we dealing with lack of software quality in projects effectively? A recent project assurance engagement that I performed, highlighted some key learnings around quality requirements for project delivery of software development. Quality is becoming more crucial for software delivery projects, the customers want to have the assurance that the end product is consistently going […]
Why have a website? When I asked ‘google’ this question, I received 1.3 billion results, clearly showing that a lot of people, articles and blogs have already addressed this topic, with the general consensus being that it is absolutely necessary. And yet, in South Africa, I am still often not able to find a website […]
