VUCA world demands new approach to leadership

Understanding the action plan – and the company’s maturity to execute its declared strategy – is a necessary first step in unlocking a PMO’s value, says Dalene Grobler, PPM executive consultant at Project Portfolio Office.

Until a few months ago, DR was focused on providing business resilience by offering an off-site office environment that allowed employees to operate as if they were in their normal premises, says Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings.

Digital technologies can spur new business growth and help existing business survive through the pandemic, says Matone Ditlhake, CEO of Corridor Africa Technologies.

COVID-19 has been referred to as the agent for change in the way the life insurance sector operates, challenging the status quo for insurers, says Annalie Terblanche, head of product at SilverBridge.

Remote capabilities and implementation tools remain critical success factors for ongoing business success in the post COVID-19 world, says Ian McAlister, General Manager of CRS Technologies.

The outbreak and incessant intensification of the COVID-19 pandemic has called on companies to activate their respective business continuity management plans, says Sizwe Gwala from Sizwe Africa IT Group.

Many businesses are choosing to move to a hybrid environment of on-premises, cloud and SaaS offerings to secure agility, says Muggie van Staden, MD of Obsidian Systems.

Technical debt is a metaphor for the ‘cost’ incurred by a business on future development when software is either produced sub-optimally and rapidly or is no longer effective, says Tony van der Linden, head of the Research and Development team at BBD.

As agile organisations, our foundation must be the principles and values as detailed in the agile manifesto, says Paul Gray, head: Development Technology Solutions at DVT.

With uSecure, cyber attacks can be simulated to help identify at-risk users and learn how susceptible they are to ultra-targeted spear-phishing campaigns, says Douw Gerber, business development manager at Securicom.

A maturity assessment is a useful tool for a company to use as a framework in order to develop or improve, says Daléne Grobler, PPM executive consultant at Project Portfolio Office.

Ensure your partner is capable of being an extension of your business and not just another service provider, says Netesh Maharajh, director at Alnet Technologies.