Agile businesses don’t just work faster, they make effective moves—pivoting at the right moment, finding resourcefulness to grow in difficult markets, seizing opportunities when others are uncertain. And what makes a company agile is the level of learning agility among its leaders.These leaders are grounded in a clear understanding of their reality.
Let this sink in… here is our weekly encapsulated summary of key reality events that highlight the market place dynamics a typical South African CEO faces.
ANC demands more from Eskom as loadshedding persists????????; security cluster “ready” for any eventuality in KZN????; recovering from floods to costs KZN R12bn says Zikalala????????; Joburg in ruins says Mayor????; Eskom foots R7bn diesel bill in 2021, no respite near????????; CR finally speaks to Ukraine’s Zelensky????; defence minister demands action over wasted R30m on Cuban Covid drug????; Kubayi to take over powerful ANC position as head of economic transformation????; DA wants Eskom to be declared state of disaster????; ANC postpones EC elective conference???????? ; up to 9000 containers stuck in Durban port backlog????; millions recouped from state workers who claimed social grants illegally????????; proposed water tariff hikes fiercely opposed by SALGA????????; union hints at not accepting revised wage offer by bus operators????; Land bank needs overhaul to help black farmers says Kuben Naidoo????????; CR announces national state of disaster after KZN & EC floods⛈????; internationally, Putin declares Mariupol “liberated” as war lingers on, battle for Donbas starts on Ukraine’s eastern front????; UK consumers feel pinch as living costs soar????; Covid infections drop but Shanghai’s lockdown purgatory continues????????; tensions heat up over melting Bolivian glacier????; Hong Kong venues reopen as covid curbs eased????; India swelters after 8hr blackouts????; Macron/Le Pen clash over cost of living & Russia in French presidential debate????; Finance ministers & central bankers walk out of G20 as Russians speak????; Mexico changes mining laws to nationalise Lithium resources????; German producer prices surge to highest level since 1949????; Finland inches closer to NATO as MP’s debate Russian threat????????; IMF highlights special role of govs to protect vulnerable????????????; China’s pact with Solomon Islands alarms US & western allies????????; FED’s Powell signals 0.50% rate hike in may????; Biden unveils extra weaponry & aid to Ukraine in “next phase of war”????????; police fire on protestors in Sri Lankan killing one person????; IMF & World Bank chiefs sound alarm on global distressed debt levels????????; Millennials are beating Boomers in retirement savings says report????; Europe expects to pay bill of Ukraine’s reconstruction costs????????; IMF slashes growth outlook on Russian invasion & Chinese lockdowns????????; Italy can get by without Russian gas says Draghi????; US & Cuba to hold formal talks on illegal migration????; Central banks call time on QE, but asset cull brings new risks????; indices, JSE@72264⬇️; DOW@33811⬇️; FTSE@7521⬇️; R/$15.35; R/£20.02; R/€16.86; Bitcoin $39456; Brent crude $106; sports, Stormers march on into URC top 4????; Wimbledon organisers cause stir by banning players from Russia & Belarus????; Liverpool still on track for unprecedented quadruple trophy bid⚽️; Boks to be based in Toulon for World Cup 2023????????; Mike Tyson hooks “irritating “passenger on US flight????( Thanks to Dan Thomalla)
So now ….What to do this week to make our 2022 year a resounding success ?