"John," Elias said, stepping closer. "I know your daughter needs a laptop for varsity next year. I have the funds in my research grant. I can approve the requisition right now. But I need to walk through that gate."
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) must include "transformation metrics" (B-BBEE level) alongside financial return on investment (ROI). "John," Elias said, stepping closer
: Strategy is presented as something people "do" (a cognitive and political activity) rather than just something an organization "possesses." I can approve the requisition right now
Elias was a junior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, struggling to finish his PhD on the indigenisation of corporate governance. His thesis was stuck. He had the theories—Porter, Mintzberg, Prahalad—but they felt like ill-fitting suits over the reality of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. He needed the "Southern African Context." He needed the gritty, unpolished truth of how decisions were actually made in the shadow of thekopjes and the high-rises of Sandton. His thesis was stuck