Transformation and Change: The Need for Creative Business Minds
The rapidity of change in the world of business can at times be alarming. It seems that every time you turn around, there’s a new social media platform changing the way we see...
Eileen’s Outlook: What Empowerment Means to Me
When I started in the role of Director of The LLC Academy, I had a great deal to learn about Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment - and the learnership landscape. It didn’t...
Why Transformation is Everybody’s Business
Transformation in the South African context is almost exclusively about the economic upliftment of those that were previously disadvantaged. But what if it were about more than...
What does “empowerment” actually mean?
South Africa is in a lot of trouble. Loadshedding has reached ridiculous proportions, the majority of our youth is unemployed and unskilled, and it feels like every day brings a...
Is B-BBEE Actually Transformative?
Since 1994, South Africa has faced the daunting – but not impossible - task of making this country freer and fairer for everyone. Since 2003, we have had Black Economic...
The South African Project: Let’s Make a Better Country for All
Speak to any South African these days, and you will find a similar list of complaints and concerns about the country in which we live. Eskom and its seemingly endless levels of...
Eileen Thornhill: Why I Believe in B-BBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment)
As Director of The LLC Academy, I am no stranger to the joys – and difficulties – of developing people. I have always been passionate about people's growth and development, at...
Growth and Development: From the Grassroots to the Boardroom
There is a tendency for people to argue that real social and economic transformation in South Africa will only happen if we focus on the grassroots development of those South...