Don’t get Innovation confused with Invention
Last year we pivoted our company from a traditional digital marketing agency to an innovation agency. The decision was based on a number of industry and macro trends, but most…
Focus on people and culture. Or your Digital Transformation will fail!
Forbes recently released their insights from a survey and one on one conversations with 573 of the top executives across the world, for their views on their companies transition to…
Leadership And Entrepreneurship In Africa
Inspired by Thomas Wedellsborg’s podcast “The Secret to Better Problem Solving” we recently hosted an internal workshop about problem reframing. After hearing some of his insights we realised that this method could…
What does Digital Transformation Mean for your Business?
The phrase “Digital Transformation” has quadrupled in terms of Google searches in the last 2 years, doubling in the last year alone. It highlights the rapid increase in wanting to understand more…
How the hell do you start Digital Transformation when you don’t even have time to do what you already do?
The benefits of transforming your business through better use of data and new digital tools is now a widely accepted given in the business world. Across the board, it’s showing…
No time to start your company’s digital transformation? Just learn The ONE Thing!
No time to start your company’s digital transformation? Just learn The ONE Thing! I recently wrote an article that seemed to hit a nerve with quite a few people across…
The “Tech” Business Spectrum
This is the first of 3 pieces compiled for a series titled “Understanding technology in business and its place in Africa”. The first article in this series looks to classify businesses…
Understanding Technology in Business & Its Place in Africa
In this three-part series, we try to understand the adoption of technology and digitisation in businesses and the implication that this has in an African context. In part 1 we looked to…
Without a Transformative Vision, don’t expect change to happen
I had one new years resolution this year, that I believed (and still believe) will revolutionise my life. It was simple: “Go to bed earlier” My logic was sound. If…
Want your team to change? Then stop creating visions that suck!
One of the cornerstones of effective change management for digital transformation is to create a vision of the future that resonates with those taking that change journey. Get them onboard…