Reflections on Cape Town’s water crisis

One of the co-founders of the Cape Town Drought Response Learning Initiative Peter Willis is able to share more on how the resource can benefit leaders at all levels within cities.

Social justice organisations play a vital role in addressing the many challenges South African citizens face

Talk to us today about power and privilege within social justice organizations, are Ella Scheepers, a PhD candidate at the UCT GSB, and Shamillah Wilson, a coach, activist and social entrepreneur.

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Kieno speaks to Dr Camille Meyer senior lecturer at the UCT GSB.

Remember the days when you shook hands enthusiastically with clients and colleagues

Remember the days when you shook hands enthusiastically with clients and colleagues just before sitting down together at the meeting table? Sharing pens to scribble down ideas during a brainstorming or team building session? These kinds of interactions are what kept businesses moving and made us fe…

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Kieno speaks to Aunnie Paton-Power lectures at the UCT GSB on Innovative Finance, Impact Investing and Technology for Impact.

UCT GSB-Build Peace 2020 conference

This past weekend, the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship partnered with global non-profit, Build Up to host the Build Peace 2020 conference, which is an annual global gathering of activists, academics, artists, policy makers and technologists, to share and advance knowledge o…

The advent and impact of COVID-19 in South Africa

Today we’re talking to Lee-Hendor Ruiters, who is a Bertha Scholar at the UCT GSB on the MPhil programme. He is also the Western Cape Regional Manager at the National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA), which is a programme of the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (DTIC)…

The research identifies the organisational conditions that are associated with happiness at work.

October is mental health awareness month. Mental health concerns were on the rise before the COVID-19 pandemic, with depression being the leading cause of incapacity to work. Unfortunately, the financial burdens, pessimism, loss of loved ones, and demands of a brisk change in the way we live our li…

UCT GSB-Will remote working become the norm after COVID-19?

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted almost all industries. The future worker and workspace has evolved considerable and there may be no going back. Will remote working become the norm after COVID-19? What should companies be doing to prepare for the new normal? What are the key trends and skills th…

Leadership in turbulent times

According to hospitality data analytics company, TREVPAR, the hospitality industry has lost hundreds of millions of Rands in revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic over the last few months. Some reports say that around 438,000 jobs are threatened in the sector, with a 75 percent revenue drop forec…