Roots of Work

Co-designing solutions with clients to get the best out of their people and teams.

[Janco Wolmarans @jancowol]

We're looking for engineers to join our growing team at Explore Utilities. If you want to work with some amazing people in a cool culture, reach out! DM's open.

[Cobra Kai @CobraKaiSeries]

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[Cobra Kai @CobraKaiSeries]

Time to ring in the new year in the most badass way possible. Season 3 of #CobraKai is now ssssstreaming. Get to it! 🤘

[Roots of Work @RootsOfWork]

Check this out!

[Riaan 🇿🇦🇲🇺 @riaan_dp]

We're looking for a JHB based Senior Software Engineer to join us in the Solutions Engineering space at the EXPLORE Data Science Academy. We do some exciting stuff and make a real difference in people's lives. Please DM me for more info! How EXPLORE Works: https://t.co/HZRUWn764K

[Riaan 🇿🇦🇲🇺 @riaan_dp]

Stress causes focused attention on a very small part of the work. It causes people to loose sight of the whole and encourages local optimizations that hurt the bigger system. Work systems that generate stress is not only destructive to people, but also to itself.

[Roots of Work @RootsOfWork]

It is true that as technology around automation improves, an increasing amount of tasks can be automated, but there are not many modern roles where an entire job or role can be automated - even more so when people are working in a complex organisational structure.

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

Important advice from @riaan_dp about automation strategies

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

Guidelines for #SMEs to prioritise the #health of their #employees.
#leadership #mentalhealth
What your employees need right now (Part 2)
https://t.co/Kwg1paHUqj

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

Practical guidelines for #SMEs on navigating the complex work environment due to #COVID19. What your employees need right now (Part 1)
https://t.co/HNr1cKU19Q

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

Alot of people ask me why I don't use certain assessment instruments. This is the best illustration to support my reasons!

[Roots of Work @RootsOfWork]

Thank you to Jaco Lessing at Contact Labour for providing guidelines for retrenchment during the #COVID19 pandemic. https://t.co/WZk2E0j7YZ

[Jonathan Jansen @JJ_Stellies]

Spare a thought for small business owners during this load shedding mess

[DevConf @devconfza]

*NEWS*
Thank you to @ITWeb for highlighting this important issue.
"Mental health, burnout on DevConf agenda"
Read here:
https://t.co/FWbYWmCwbX

Special thanks to @anjuan @candicemesk @tanya_iop for their quotes.
#DevConf #Health #Mentalhealth #DevConf2020 #software #Burnout

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

This is very important advice for people in early careers.

[Riaan 🇿🇦🇲🇺 @riaan_dp]

It was an amazing opportunity to share our story - knowing it made a difference makes it so much more worthwhile!

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

Some shocking stats about the effects of #burnout in the #Medical profession. https://t.co/BY3GuZIrGV

[Candice Mesk @candicemesk]

For anyone who wants help, feedback or moral support with submitting a talk to @devconfza or any meetup / conference, this is for you!

[Roots of Work @RootsOfWork]

Roots of Work now has a home at 598 Rubenstein Drive, Morelettapark.

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

Mid year burnout  can also lead to imposter syndrome and cause some people to work even harder in the second part of the year to make up for time they feel they may have lost, or to achieve things that they may not have achieved.

[Roots of Work @RootsOfWork]

A great way to start your company's mental wellness programme!

[tanya.duplessis @tanya_iop]

It is Corporate Mental Health Week. We can do surveys for individuals, teams and companies to get a snapshot of their current burnout status, which areas employees need support and which coping skills they are not tapping into. Contact me for more info!

[K @KevinTrethewey]

NB: As a way to support our local software scene, Jemstep offers a space, with pizza+drinks to any community organised software related groups. We’re just outside the Sandton gautrain station. Note: this offer is only open to free to attend, non-vendor driven communities.