A study of more than 100 years of infrastructure megaprojects reveals a consistent pattern of challenges at their core.

The recent looting in South Africa has driven home the need for a closer focus on how to build resilient supply chains.

The underlying principles of operational resilience.

During a restructuring, rumours spread and fear takes hold. You can reduce the turmoil by finding ways to inform, empower, and inspire employees.

It isn't enough to slash costs through short-term measures such as squeezing suppliers, shuttering facilities, and reducing head count. What is required is a move away from endless rounds of cost reductions and toward true cost excellence.

The recent scandal with Tesco's burgers has reignited a discussion about who, along the value chain, should bear the brunt of responsibility for a product.

Make better decisions, execute them more effectively and the profits will flow.

South Africa’s retail suppliers shouldn’t be worried about being bullied by United States multinational retailer Walmart if it succeeds in acquiring local counterpart Massmart.

Demoralised and poorly skilled staff, weak management, chaotic billing and IT systems and unco-ordinated debt collection have all played a part in taking many municipalities and local authorities to the edge of dysfunction.

How corporations can balance tradeoffs between standardisation and local adaptation.