Cobus Oosthuizen PhD
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Toxic assets of the human kind
May 24, 2010 - 9:34 pm
Posted in Climate, Leadership, Management, World of work | No comments
When toxins enter a systems it creates all sorts of systemic problems that could even lead to system failure. Depending on the strength of the toxin, the effect could be immediate or slow decay over time. Often the initial effect is barely felt, but over time it becomes more acute as more elements in the [...]
E-overload: Temporary becomes permanent
December 23, 2009 - 9:41 am
Tags: e-overload, time management
Posted in Management, World of work | No comments
Twenty-first century business executives, managers and professionals are under significant and constant pressure to deliver. Information and communication technology – particularly email – designed to supposedly enhance communication and efficiency is in reality having the opposite effect. One finds that people are overloaded with information which seductively leads to longer working hours in order to [...]
Change starts with me
December 19, 2009 - 11:36 am
Posted in Change, Influence | No comments
Be the change you want to see. Remaining on the sideline will achieve nothing, no matter how loud you shout. You have to get in the game; you’re either out or you’re in all the way. Remember: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
What is rubbing off on you?
December 15, 2009 - 6:42 pm
Posted in Influence | No comments
Mix with the kind of people that inspire you. Thing is, if you spend enough time with a person, that person eventually “rubs off” on you. I remember a time with a certain company where young promising talent were deliberately put in contexts where they spent time with senior executives with the intent that “officialdom could [...]
Hang in there!
December 18, 2007 - 9:01 am
Posted in Perseverance | No comments
Remember, it’s always too soon to quit. You and I will make mistakes today. We’ll make errors in personal judgement and mistakes in administration. But we do ourselves no favours if we judge ourselves on the performance of the last several hours. Instead, we need to ask what is our track record? What kind of [...]
Solo out… Teams in
December 14, 2007 - 9:23 am
Posted in Teams | No comments
As society becomes more complex and we continue to make major advances in our technological capability, more and more of the organisational life revolves around a team or group structure. The information age guarantees that an individual cannot expect to have all the facts necessary to make many decisions. As such, working in teams is [...]
Innovative behaviour not limited to start-ups
December 13, 2007 - 9:27 am
Tags: entrepreneur, innivation
Posted in Innovation | No comments
There is no suggestion that innovative behaviour is limited to people who are devoted to creating businesses from scratch. An entrepreneur, by definition, is innovative, a change agent who “creatively destroys” the status quo in a quest for new and better ways to satisfy consumers and create value. Although it is true that an entrepreneurial [...]
Quickening innovation
December 12, 2007 - 9:52 am
Tags: creativity, Innovation, risk
Posted in Innovation | No comments
Encourage and foster innovation and creativity throughout the organisation. Doing something different requires the need for innovation within an organisation. To help foster innovation, an organisation must ensure that risks are allowed and that employees who take them with the goal of improving organisational success are not blamed if they don’t work out. Strike a [...]
The Customer Connection: The Global Innovation 1000
December 11, 2007 - 12:02 pm
Tags: Innovation, r&d, strategy
Posted in Innovation | No comments
Booz Allen Hamilton’s annual study of the world’s largest corporate R&D spenders finds two primary success factors: (1) aligning the innovation model to corporate strategy; (2)listening to customers every step of the way.
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Staying ahead of the pack
December 11, 2007 - 8:58 am
Posted in Corporate Entrepreneurship | No comments
When the successes and failures of companies are examined, it is clear that achievement over the long-term depends on the ability to innovate, and take the leadership role in the industry. Entrepreneurial companies reinvent themselves, and leap ahead of their competitors, and those who can sustain a culture of innovation and change keep on developing [...]
