Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, HCM, SAP
Even with all the news about a slowdown in the US economy and the dark outlook on jobs, it seems that for the most part it is still difficult to find good people. The war for talent is still raging. These SAP sponsored reports by the Economist give an interesting overview of the supply of […]
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life
I recently finished reading a 100 page book entitled “The Integrity Advantage”. The authors, Adrian Gostick and Dana Telford, describes 10 characteristics that defines Integrity. They claim, and I agree, that how taking the High Road (Integrity) creates a competitive advantage in business. I encourage you to read and study this little book. Integrity, that […]
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Technology
I met Don Swann, former Deloitte partner and currently principle of Don Swann Consulting LLC, on a Brand Velocity project in Irving, Texas. Don is one of the most productive and smart project managers that I’ve had the pleasure to meet. After one discussion regarding the “Business of IT” Don mentioned that in 1989 he […]
Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Seems like Pieter de Villiers is a good name for South African success stories. There’s the rugby player, the hurdler, the business consultant, and the IT whiz. De Villiers (the whiz) is the CEO of Clickatell, the first (and leading) global high-speed service provider of bulk SMS messages. Its 8,000 customers can connect in […]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
In my previous post I documented South Africa’s Ease of doing business rating. The A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index (GSLI) compares 50 global offshore locations and it contains very interesting information about different offshore and nearshore locations. You can download the pdf here. Quoted from the A.T.Kearney website:
Findings in the 2007 A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index […]
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
The World Bank has very interesting indicators regarding doing business in different countries. Use this interactive Google Map to slice and dice indicators like Starting a Business, Taxes, Dealing with licenses and much more.
The top ten countries according to the World Bank regarding “Ease of Doing Business Rank” are:
Singapore
New Zealand
US
Hong Kong
Denmark
UK
Canada
Ireland
Australia
Iceland
…and South Africa is ranked […]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Tom Peters is always interesting and unconventional. I found his 100 ways to succeed and make money and interesting read. It’s similar to Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” .
Here are some of my favorites:
Number #3: Write thank you notes.
Number #4: Make the difficult call NOW!
Number #6: Make today count — […]
Posted on January 4th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business
Here are the list of the most read post on my blog in 2007:
South Africa’s wealthiest people in 2007 - Most read post by a factor of 5!
Lyndon Rive - Green energy CEO of SolarCity. Nice article in today’s San Francisco Business Times.
SAP’s on demand/SaaS ERP solution, codenamed A1S
Elon Musk of SpaceX
Mark Shuttleworth - Ubuntu […]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Blogging, Business, Technology
I attended SoCon07 last year and really enjoyed it. SoCon08 will be held at the University of Kennesaw, just North of Atlanta from February 8-9, 2008. You can register here. It’s not free like ‘07 — this year it’s $43 for the full 1.5 days (including a Networking Dinner) or $15 for the Saturday. It’s […]
Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Technology
Skype is not the only game in town anymore for free or cheap local and international calls. I use Skype a lot for making international calls when I’m connected to the Internet with my MacBook Pro. When I only have my Blackberry, I use VIP’s local and toll free access numbers to make international calls. […]
