Author:charleen-clarke
Electric vehicles may be good news for the environment, but they can be bad news for the people who work on them. In fact, as CHARLEEN CLARKE explains, they can be deadly. The headlines in British newspaper The Independent on January 16, 2016, were scary: “Electric cars: mechanics with no specialist training risk death when tinkering with the vehicles” the newspaper proclaimed. Now we all know the British press; they just love sensationalism. However, that headline amounted to much, much […]
South Africans should stop complaining about load shedding and see it as an opportunity. That’s according to Martin Emrich, a consultant for German-based leadership development agency Management Centre Europe (MCE) … CHARLEEN CLARKE finds out how on earth he can view load shedding in a positive light (no pun intended). No one knows the exact reason for the Eskom crisis. As Chris Hattingh, a researcher at the Free Market Foundation, so aptly notes: “If you counted every hair on your head, […]
Sweet-Orr, the well-known South African manufacturer of protective clothing, now has a showroom in Johannesburg! CHARLEEN CLARKE attended the official opening. When one thinks “protective clothing”, the words “practical” and “safe” come to mind. Not “cool”, “fashionable” or “trendy”. But Sweet-Orr is different! SHEQ MANAGEMENT first encountered the company, its owners and products at the Bauma exhibition last year – and we were both surprised and delighted at the range of clothing. We would happily wear many of their garments […]
Electric vehicles are nothing new; they have existed since the 1800s. However, they are finally becoming a popular mode of transport, as CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers in Munich. Alexander Kotouc, head of product management BMW i at the BMW Group, is one very happy man. The success of BMW i is the reason why. “We outsold the BMW M division last year, which has been around for 40 years. That’s not bad for a brand that’s only just over four years […]
Isabel Guerreiro Darlington had a serious accident in June 2011, and nearly died. This inspired her to write a safety book especially for children called Sam + Sue Share Their Family’s Safety Rules With You. CHARLEEN CLARKE reports that it’s a wonderful book that should be read by families all over the globe. Guerreiro Darlington’s book was inspired by a terrible accident. “I fell down some stairs at our home in Austria and ended up in an induced coma with […]
What is the greatest risk that businesses currently need to manage? The risks associated with cyber incidents, reports CHARLEEN CLARKE, after studying the Allianz Risk Barometer 2018. We love it and – thanks to the inherent risks it represents – we also hate it. I am, of course, referring to the internet, which has changed life as we know it. Undoubtedly the greatest invention of the 20th century, the internet comes with a multitude of risks. Cyber incidents are paramount […]
What is the greatest risk that businesses currently need to manage? The risks associated with cyber incidents, reports CHARLEEN CLARKE, after studying the Allianz Risk Barometer 2018. We love it and – thanks to the inherent risks it represents – we also hate it. I am, of course, referring to the internet, which has changed life as we know it. Undoubtedly the greatest invention of the 20th century, the internet comes with a multitude of risks. Cyber incidents are paramount […]
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