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Remote work triggers move to DAOs in the post-pandemic world: Survey

A survey sample of working Americans suggests that millennial and Generation Z workers are far more in favor of joining decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and working remotely in the post-Covid-19 world. Over 1,100 Americans took part in a survey conducted by MetisDAO Foundation which explores trends in remote working preferences and the emergence of DAOs in recent years. A key consideration is the effect that Covid-19 has had on worker sentiment and the growth of DAOs in corporate governance. Citing a research report on DAOs published by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, the results of the survey highlight how DAOs saw their treasuries swell from $400 million to $16 billion in 2021. This coincided with growing participant figures, up from 13,000 to 1.6 milli...

Affordable & Reliable Internet Access Critical to Economic Growth, Standard Bank Says

Image sourced from Regent Lighting. In the post-COVID-19 environment, access to digital devices and the internet has become a must-have for school assignments, healthcare, communicating with friends and family, finding a job, or starting a business. Yet many South African families remain unconnected and are thus excluded from the opportunities that connectivity provides. According to The State of ICT in South Africa report, most South Africans cannot afford to connect online due to data costs, and lack of internet-enabled devices. Data costs in South Africa are notoriously high when compared to other emerging markets, with research showing that SA’s data costs are about six times higher when compared to other emerging economies. “But the pandemic, which has accelerated the reliance on digi...

5 Ways to Maintain Your Company’s Culture When Switching to Remote Working

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Online Learning & Working Sees Increase in ADHD Symptoms – Expert

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How to Monitor the Productivity of Your Remote Teams

Sourced from Getty Images. After the effects of the global pandemic, remote work has become a reality for millions of employees. Not only have a large number of companies quickly shifted to the remote work model but many of those companies have decided to keep this structure keep going. To highlight that, a study conducted by the Owl Lab has found that at least 52% of employees are working remotely at least once each week.  Despite the numerous benefits of remote work, it also has unique sets of challenges.  One of the greatest challenges that businesses have found is that it is difficult to track how your teams are performing and whether they are actually working productively or not.  So, How Do Employers Measure Productivity in Remote Teams? While employees were working in...

Will Work Return to the Office Post-COVID? 8 Insights from JLL Survey

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MTN Gives Employees 5 Extra Paid Leave Days as Mental Wellness Concerns Mount

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Jonas Bogoshi, CEO of BCX SA, on Digital Transformation & The Future of Work

Jonas Bogoshi CEO of BCX SA. Image sourced from The CEO Magazine. Jonas Bogoshi is the CEO of BCX South Africa, an ICT company based in Johannesburg that offers solutions to help future proof businesses. The company says, “We take care of your technology so that your workforce is free to focus on your customers’ needs, build productivity, grow profits, and embark on the journey to Digital Transformation.” In 2004 the company was listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange and has grown from strength to strength. Today, BCX works with businesses from new start-ups to JSE-listed enterprises and international corporations. Appointed to his current role in June of 2018, Jonas is a big proponent of digital transformation and the benefits it holds. One of his personal goals for BCX is to see the c...

The Shift to Remote Working Has Led to Bad Online Security Habits

More than 50% of IT teams believe that employees have bad security habits. Habits they’ve developed since moving their offices into the home and that put their information, systems and employers at risk. The statistic comes from the Tessian Back to Work Security Behaviors Report that also found an age discrepancy when it came to who practised the best security from home. Around 51% of 16–24-year-olds and 46% of 25–34-year-olds reported that they used security workarounds, while two in five people said that the security behaviours they adopted at home were very different from those they used in the office. Training A Top Priority For Anna Collard, SVP Content Strategy & Evangelist at KnowBe4 AFRICA, this draws a thick red marker around the need to ensure that people and security trainin...

6 Great Ways Leaders Can Keep Staff Connected While Working Remotely

Image sourced from EmployeeConnect. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_365.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_365.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Over the past year, many South African businesses and their employees were thrown head-first into the world of remote working for the first time. Some employers found this new approach has enabled them to reduce operating costs and increase productivity. Meanwhile, many employees enjoy the flexibility of their new working arrangements. Yet, some business leaders who have transitioned to a remote workforce feel like something is missing. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_6ae.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_6ae.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } After a prolonged period of working from home, many employees may begin to feel lonely and disconne...

Why Digital Workplaces are the Future of Remote Work

According to Gartner, a global research and advisory company, the digital workplace is a business strategy for promoting employee effectiveness and engagement through a more consumer-like computing environment. Offices are now becoming location and device agnostic and moving to the cloud or following the sun to reduce project duration and increase responsiveness. ITC Infotech, a leading global technology services and solutions provider, led by Business and Technology Consulting, has invested in building a secure digital workplace solution over the years, for a differentiated offering with a proven value proposition. The adoption of the digital workplace by companies across the world is at a nascent stage, but very few understand the relevance of the digital workplace strategy. A digital wo...

Unpacking Trends in the Future of Work

Almost nine out of ten leaders (88%) at large enterprises in South Africa expect they will adopt a more hybrid way of working permanently – according to Microsoft’s newly launched Work Reworked research. The study found that flexible ways of working are here to stay with many leaders focused on driving a culture of innovation. While South African employees still see value in working from a main office at least some of the time; findings show that on average, people would now like to spend just less than half (42%) of their time outside of the traditional office setting. In fact, people still see the time spent in the office as a powerful way to maintain bonds with their colleagues. A more permanent change around ways of working is already evident, with a healthy majority (82%) of com...

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