$100 million; that’s what Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once estimated bad hires had cost the company. $1 Billion; that’s what the Barings Bank collapse cost – also due to failed leadership and the wrong talent. Conservative estimates put the average cost of a bad hire at 30% of the first full year earnings. For executives …
I love companies that started in a garage, such as Adobe, which is the unrivalled standard for digital creative software. The world’s 57th most valuable company was also named after a stream, Adobe Creek, which ran behind its founder John Warnock’s house, from where he started it in 1982. Pushing this startup quickly into profitability …
“As a leader, is it better to be feared or loved?” This was asked in our recent leadership webinar when we were presenting key insights from our brand new Leadership Masterclass: A Guide To The Art Of Leadership. In the course we profile great leaders like Nelson Mandela and Gandhi, who I pointed our were …
Top South African data scientists are solving critical challenges in society and making their mark on the global industry. From deliveries to cyber-security, advanced analytics is driving change; but it’s the leading thinkers behind these solutions that is really impressive. Delivery tech increasingly data reliant If you’ve ordered a delivery from South Africa’s largest on-demand …
“Data is the new gold” means that firms are racing to extract value from all their data. As the world digitises, everything we do generates data. 5 billion people tapping, scrolling, clicking and interacting are generating mountains of data which is often unstructured and disconnected. Individual data points don’t mean anything on their own, but …
From Shanghai to New York, asset managers recognise a single, international finance qualification above all else: the coveted Chartered Financial Analyst. The CFA program has three levels and is a postgraduate certification for investment and financial professionals. There are ten topic areas in the curriculum; ethics, quantitative methods, economics, financial statement analysis, corporate finance or …
In the early days of the Ukraine invasion, IT enthusiasts on quadbikes helped prevent a colossal 65km Russian tank convoy from reaching Ukraine’s capital. Armed with drones and night-vision goggles they ambushed the tanks and supply points during a series of night raids. Blocked by wreckage and paralysed by fuel shortages, 15,000 soldiers and heavy …
Python is easy to learn, very powerful and it supports fast growing niches like data science and machine learning. Terence Govender from Regenesys Business School explained in our recent Data Science webinar that Python syntax is also very close to English. It’s also widely used for AI applications and web development, for example Youtube, Instagram, …
Cyber security at Bank Of America has unlimited budget to keep their customer’s data safe. The CEO knows you can’t put a price on public trust so they spend what they need on technology, training and resourcing. Financial Services companies invest heavily in cyber security; the industry is hacked a staggering 300 times more than …
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Machine learning is a form of artificial intelligence that allows computers to act like humans, because they are able to improve their behaviour as they encounter more data. Computers “learn” to make decisions and predictions without being directly programmed to do so; with the right tech and skills in place this can transform your business. …
