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Are you working with AI, Algorithms and Alexa? [Tell us about it!]
2 min readIf Suri already reads you your morning meeting agenda, Alexa orders your coffee, AI takes care of your ad...
Coding, robots & the implication for SA's Higher Education
12 min readBy 2030, could a five-year old whip up a working computer from scratch? Could a seven-year-old converse o...
Does the 4th Industrial Revolution impact my job?
6 min readBy 2026, the portion of work that algorithms perform in the workplace will rise from today’s 29% to more ...
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5 Reasons Why Digital Marketing Cannot Be Ignored
3 min read
There is no denying that technology is here to stay. It has become an integral part of daily life for all, and more and more businesses have...
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The Importance of Creativity as a Skill in Business
4 min read
Being creative is not limited to the arts or a career in entertainment. It is the art of problem-solving. It is innovative thinking in a sta...
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5 Ways Data Science Defines the Way We Do Business Today
3 min read
As The Economist boldly declared, the most valuable resource in the world is no longer oil, but data. The surrounding science – including th...
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Digital marketing and Data science online courses now available with SGI
4 min read
We are pleased to announce that SGI has added two new courses to its online portfolio - Introduction to Digital Marketing in partnership wit...
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Becoming a responsible director
3 min read
Being a director on a board is tightly twined with the concept of governance, which has become a buzzword to the extent that one, at times, ...
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Creativity and good governance shine with SGI’S new online courses!
6 min read
We are delighted to announce that we have entered into partnerships with CheHan Ideaneers and FluidRock to introduce four new online courses...
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Upskilling women for the Fourth Industrial Revolution [WEF Edition]
1 min read
"It is impossible for a robot to be empathetic; hence the need for the very human attribute of high emotional intelligence." Our recent arti...
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The skills women will need to transition in the 4IR workplace
6 min read
From unhelpful stereotypes and unconscious bias to unequal pay structures and a lack of role models, gender equality in the workplace has lo...
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HR and Talent Management trends of the digital age
5 min read
Imagine an algorithm that reads a team’s anonymised Slack and email messages to gauge its overall mood and sentiment. As HR, you get sent th...
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How to prepare for financial risk with an online risk management course
6 min read
In 2018, KPMG South Africa suffered reputational and financial damage relating to work it did for companies linked to the Guptas. As part of...
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3 Ways to make data work for you with the right finance course online
6 min read
Regardless of which industry you work in, the chances are high that you’ve heard about Industry 4.0 or the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR...
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What's the big deal about big data? (eBook available)
25 min read
Big data seems to be all the buzz, but the truth is that this information has always been around - it was just an untapped resource. With ev...
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How creative is your workplace?
5 min read
On Tuesday 25 June 2019, it was reported that hackers stole restricted data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) us...
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How to get along with your new robo-colleague
11 min read
Have you met Pepper? She’s the softly-spoken humanoid chat robot taking SA by storm! Unveiled by Nedbank, she’s the first of her kind in the...
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The race to a flexible workplace
9 min read
Currently, there are two opposite workplace evangelists making headlines. There’s Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma – worth $39.3-billion – on the ...
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