M&C Saatchi Abel on the power of creativity to change the world

[Leigh Andrews] M&C Saatchi Abel's founding partner and ECD Gordon Ray shares the power of work "rich with local insight and executed with heart," while founding partner and chief executive Jacques Burger explains how M&C Saatchi Abel is motoring ahead in 2018...

How retailers can apply platform business thinking to magnetise customers

[Mpumi Nhlapo] Local retailers have an incredible opportunity to get a head-start on competition, by applying the science of digital platform thinking, to transform decades-old practices...

Nickelodeon's Alexi Wheeler on entering the age of content

[Juanita Pienaar] Nickelodeon's Alexi Wheeler shares about the talk he presented at the 2018 CTIAF, how he feels about the role of women in the animation industry and elaborates on what he thinks the industry as a whole can still improve on...

#MusicExhange: Chanelle Hoorne

[Martin Myers] Chanelle Hoorne is a South African singer, song-writer, pianist and composer. Hoorne began her career back in 2009 when she collaborated with several local DJs and producers before joining The Fly Chix reality show in 2012. Sher then landed a role in the short film Two Choices which got nominated at the Durban Film Festival.

#OrchidsandOnions: When kindness can be deadly... and when bad PR means a lost opportunity

[Brendan Seery] When I had my "conversion", it wasn't on the road to the biblical road to Damascus; it was on the back of a large elephant...

#SeamlessAfrica: Five lessons in customer service from Action Gear

[Lauren Hartzenberg] According to online retailer Action Gear, their passion for outdoor technical products is second only to their love for stellar customer service...

Is Spotify launching in South Africa next week?

[Andy Walker] Well well well. It seems that Swedish music streaming giant Spotify may finally make a play in South Africa....

Enterprise should implement watertight crisis management strategy or else it is history!

[Bonnie Ramaila] Enterprise Foods is facing a reputation nightmare. Bonnie Ramaila gives a few tips on how she thinks the company should approach the crisis...

22 On Sloane launches Startup Huddle programme

[Tom Jackson] The Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)-run 22 On Sloane startup campus in Johannesburg has launched Startup Huddle, a programme designed to educate, engage and connect entrepreneurs globally...

#BehindtheSelfie with... Tshepang Molisana

[Leigh Andrews] This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Tshepang Molisana, self-employed freelance writer behind Taste Let's See, who calls herself a technophobe...

The elephant in the room and the 'Big 5' threats to the media agency

[Quinton Jones] Okay, let me just deal with the elephant in the room first up. The SA media industry has some really great people, even some of the best people, on par with anywhere else in the world. They innovate, they don't compromise, and really push things forward. They, unfortunately, are the exception rather than the rule...

#SeamlessAfrica: Banking is not about the app, but connectivity and content

[Nicci Botha] The bank of the future is not necessarily about apps, but about engaging people where they are spending time...

Get into your consumers' brain with Richard Shotton's The Choice Factory

[Leigh Andrews] Richard Shotton, deputy head of evidence of Manning Gottlieb OMD, and author of The Choice Factory: 25 Behavioural Biases That Influence What We Buy, shares how behavioural science findings can sharpen your brand's advertising and overall creative impact...

AtholPlace is sensually stylish

[Brian Berkman] When your chef has 'live to cook' tattooed down his forearm, the expectation of something delicious to eat is already set. Add to that reports that he worked in starred restaurants in Europe and at Ellerman House in Cape Town, Omar Koenen - the recently appointed head chef at AtholPlace Hotel & Villa in Johannesburg - has a pretty high bar to clear.

These are your 2018 Oscar winners in 15 tweet-sized snippets

[Andy Walker] If you stayed up all night to catch the 90th edition of the Oscars, congratulations, you deserve that coffee.