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Power, Privilege And Paupers Positions – Why Do Some CSI Managers In South Africa Hold No Power?
How many times have you set with a CSI Manager and they promised you the world and when it was time to deliver. The goal post kept on changing? Have...
Covid-19 Taught Us Many Important Lessons; But Did We Learn?
The Old Mutual Foundation aims to empower people and communities through education, skills development, enterprise development, employee volunteerism and overall socio-economic transformation. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the CSI industry’s...
The Leadership Bench South Africa – April / May Newsletter
About a year ago or so, a young colleague was presenting at the United Nations Green Economy Summit and asked me to be the sounding board for her speech. Before...
The South African State of The CSI Industry Review – Coming Soon
In 2019, Corporate Social Responsibility News South Africa spoke to just over 150 CSI managers overseeing a combined budget of well over ZAR10 billion. We were invited to cover 100...
Sustainability The Key For Social Investment In 2021
Every year around this time, I write a blog that looks at the trends in the social investment space for the coming year. This year, that’s a real challenge: in...
Embracing Machine Learning In Every Organisation And Every Vertical
Machine Learning (ML) has become more commonplace in enterprises as the number of areas where it is effective grows. “If your organisation or vertical has not yet embraced ML, it...
Three Keys To Meaningful Work: An Employer Who Cares About The Environment, Society And You
We spend, on average, about 90,000 hours at work. Given this, most of us want work that’s more than just a source of income. We want work that’s satisfying, significant,...