Jaco Minnaar

Scientist | Blending Knowledge & Data to Extract Wisdom | Simplifying Digital Complexity | Evidence-Based Management.

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"Business executives could learn a lot from cheetahs, Earth’s most agile land animals. Though their ancestors ran only about 20 miles per hour, today’s cats can accelerate from zero to 60 within three seconds — faster than a Corvet…https://t.co/61XxyyOXpn https://t.co/ivDc3qRskx

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"There is much focus placed on the idea of leaders enabling their teams, providing individuals with permission and the means to do something. But there is something even more essential and with a greater power to transform. This so…https://t.co/AwLq7pczMo https://t.co/bbvBLGncHN

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"Because age reflects many, many things in life. We know that with age, many benefits accumulate, including your social ties — your relationship with suppliers and potential hires and co-founders — as well as financial wealth and h…https://t.co/TlbkyIwhxV https://t.co/qZMX9dZOPT

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"Generating creativity is, in itself, a creative act. Yet most leaders try to scope creativity by defining the path — who should contribute and how — rather than defining the goal and asking for anyone to contribute." - @nilofer

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"Most organizations' selection process for high potentials pays too much attention to superficial traits, such as: possessing a commanding presence, likability, or the skill of "working the room" in social situations." says @JoeFol…https://t.co/4vkxF96SrB https://t.co/1j7Mrnqy6B

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"Talk to most people about the importance of leadership development and you will likely hear why it’s so important." - @SkipPrichard Studies have proven that leadership development efforts help you:
- Retain emerging leaders
- Impr…https://t.co/6wXrQI6bD1 https://t.co/poJkDmnDw0

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"Expansions in technology, global connectedness, and changing workforce and customer expectations are presenting new opportunities for organizations. But expansion typically brings disruption, as well as pressures and confusion on…https://t.co/kxHZdUBRx2 https://t.co/WAxnlaShFB

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"In a world of growing automation and consequent job losses, what the continued existence of petrol attendants in South Africa shows is that a social contract can exist between business and government to preserve jobs. Surely the t…https://t.co/CwiG4D6p4G https://t.co/RuMMFv7EG1

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Sampling is a critical part of many Data Science projects that can make or break a project. The debate on sampling will never be over, hence keep looking into what works when, where and why, or what doesn't work.

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"Although the future will see fast-paced adoption and benefits driven by applying AI to all types of businesses, we will also see catastrophic failures due to the over-extension of analytic tools, and the rise of citizen data scien…https://t.co/JPsjN6gMaP https://t.co/CfKJOnGLAc

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"ALL OF US WILL ALL FACE AGEISM IN OUR CAREERS.
It's now a bigger issue than sexism or racism in the workplace. None of us are immune." - @ZetaYarwood

"Generalised beliefs that, after a certain age, we’re too slow to learn and adapt. We’re out of touch w…https://t.co/0VyYKvUVGy

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"Growth mindset does a lot for organizations. It helps teams prize development over genius, and it enables smarter performance reviews through managers’ willingness to change their view of others." - @chriswweller

"But growth mind…https://t.co/29NKpuq5oY https://t.co/LkNPGw3cUR

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"If micro-management thrives and there is no trust in your organization, you are looking down the barrel of a toxic work culture." - @Tim_Denning

"In a toxic culture, new ideas can’t thrive, people can’t be honest, bullying unfort…https://t.co/IF1qTcVbsV https://t.co/MLv4w3XSCQ

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"The truth is, data science and CX share common goals, but they can’t be effective unless they work together." - @ADBurciaga

"Data scientists and CX leaders have divergent but complementary talents. Data scientists are able to org…https://t.co/3NV5dLPK9x https://t.co/5IeTIQaZwS

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Get the basics right first, before jumping onto the advanced analytics bandwagon. "The world only ever talks about the sexy stuff like data science and artificial intelligence. You rarely read articles in Forbes or Business Insider…https://t.co/8Ozj22gLKD https://t.co/8PbugdGjn9

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"Fifty years have passed since the publication of The Peter Principle, but its rule still applies today. “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties,” noted Laurence J. Peter,…https://t.co/RbNgJMshAS https://t.co/PqfFtfIfZI

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"The number of organizations building people analytics teams is up to 68% from 15% in just three years, according to a report released by Thomsons Online Benefits." - Valerie Bolden-Barrett

"Thomsons said that with tech talent in…https://t.co/C3yQuv1YsI https://t.co/gh0tOZm4rH

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"In a recent survey, manufacturing leaders cite “high cost of scaling” and “hard to justify business case without short-term impact” as top reasons preventing the full adoption of 4IR technologies across the enterprise." - @ian_cro…https://t.co/N8GYZOnBNI https://t.co/wL5ukKoHC7

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"Although corporate leaders have talked about skills gaps for years, the spread of automation and artificial intelligence is prompting some of the biggest companies — including Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, SAP, Walmart, and AT&T, to nam…https://t.co/Np8MbW0uLN https://t.co/xpTYyz6LPK

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#NSFAS #NSFAS2020 Are anybody else experiencing trouble to upload supporting documents for application? I cannot submit as the documents would not upload successfully.