Dec
2018
Jobs Creation 101 – The information imperative
The problem with job creation strategies and discourses is that they start not by fundamentally analysing the principles of job creation, but by already advocating the need for removing growth barriers for existing businesses, making a case for fiscal spending, removing barriers for new business and focusing on innovation. Unfortunately, these are actions that are […]Read More
Dec
2018
TVET: What’s in a name? Thoughts on Vocational Education
Given the challenges TVET (Technical, Vocational Education and Training) is facing across countries there has been a very high degree of focus around it in both developing and developed contexts. There is a direct correlation being drawn to the importance of TVET and employability. The jobs and employment agenda have been on the forefront even […]Read More
Dec
2018
Of Visions and Vision Statements
Controlling for meaningful results versus navigating for sustainability, this epitomises the conundrum that most organisations are embroiled in, quite often without knowing it. It is interesting as individuals and organisations constantly face this question, do they do what is vital to survive or do they chart their own course on ambitious and worthy goals, by […]Read More
Dec
2018
School systems are delivering suboptimal results, but why things are likely to get worse
The school system is a legacy institution which has not evolved as rapidly as it needed to. The foundation of the school system was set on standardisation, where students were expected to learn standardised content and assessed through standards-based and standardised testing mechanisms. In earlier days relatively, low numbers of students were going to school, […]Read More
Dec
2018
Critical considerations in training, learning and development interventions
Training and Learning and Development (L&D) interventions quite often generate great debate around efficacy in terms of intended results, approaches, construct and methodology, delivery design and content, needs, and evaluation techniques, etc. Questions are forever being asked around what leads to desired results and outcomes, and what requires careful consideration to avoid failure? Over the […]Read More
