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BexGroup – reimagining office space in a post-lockdown Technopark
COVID-19 has forced employers to reimagine the role offices play in their organisations. The work-from-home trend has opened up opportunities while also highlighting limitations. We spoke to Technopark building owner and BexGroup CEO Gustav Bester about his company’s COVID-19 experience, his new offices in post-lockdown Stellenbosch, and the role of this new work-space in his company’s growth strategy. COVID-19’s impact on office space Before the rapid globalisation of COVID-19, offices were generally seen as critical to driving productivity and building a corporate culture. As noted by one 2020 MacKinsey & Company report: Companies competed intensely for prime office space in major urban centers...

Technopark Stellenbosch: a prime location for offices to rent in the Western Cape
Technopark is a well-established business centre in the Cape Winelands area. The business park offers prime offices to rent surrounded by lush winelands and beautiful mountain views. If you are looking for offices near Cape Town, here are four more reasons to make...

Distraction: How technology competes for your attention
The digital economy is based upon competition to consume your attention. It is therefore no wonder that technology is becoming more and more addictive. But what makes us so susceptible to these digital distractions? Is Google making us stupid? In 2008, the...
BexGroup – reimagining office space in a post-lockdown Technopark
COVID-19 has forced employers to reimagine the role offices play in their organisations. The work-from-home trend has opened up opportunities while also highlighting limitations. We spoke to Technopark building owner and BexGroup CEO Gustav Bester about his company’s...
Technopark Stellenbosch: a prime location for offices to rent in the Western Cape
Technopark is a well-established business centre in the Cape Winelands area. The business park offers prime offices to rent surrounded by lush winelands and beautiful mountain views. If you are looking for offices near Cape Town, here are four more reasons to make...
Distraction: How technology competes for your attention
The digital economy is based upon competition to consume your attention. It is therefore no wonder that technology is becoming more and more addictive. But what makes us so susceptible to these digital distractions? Is Google making us stupid? In 2008, the...
KAMERS are back to beautiful Blaauklippen
At 9am on 23 October, KAMERS/MAKERS will open the gates on our first show of 2020, after what has been a brutal year for SA’s artisan makers, with many barely surviving. It is also exactly a year ago, under these same ancient oaks, that thousands of us stopped...
Social engineering attacks threaten personal information security
The recent large-scale data breach at Experian South Africa brings into focus an important security vulnerability for individuals and businesses – human error. Social engineering attacks exploit human psychology in order to defraud unsuspecting targets. What are...
Love your locals: Technopark takes a Hit during Pandemic
The impact of COVID-19 has been devastating for small businesses around the world. From loss of business entirely, to finding ways to shift to e-commerce rapidly, entrepreneurs in South Africa are being forced to adapt fast. Many of us know and love small businesses...
Five steps for effective decision-making in uncertain times
Within the COVID-19 paradigm we are steering ourselves, families, communities and organisations through uncharted waters. While there is no roadmap to guide tough decisions, we can, however, consider the most effective means of making decisions in order to mitigate...
Steering the Ship with a Growth Mindset
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe with uncertainty, tragedy and panic. How can you best equip yourself and your business to embrace new challenges in uncharted waters? Developing the right mindset could be a good place to start, and a growth mindset may just...
The Psychological Impact of Lockdown 2.0 – Advice for Employers and Employees
Stress, anxiety and feelings of loneliness – these are some of the psychological effects of nation-wide lockdown. With no clear end in sight, it is important to consider the psychological burden of lockdown 2.0. What can employers and employees do to mitigate the...
Small Business Survival in the Times of COVID-19
COVID-19: A Global Pandemic Quarantine, isolation, social distancing, disruption, uncertainty. These are just a few words associated with our current milieu. The COVID-19 virus’ exponential spread from Wuhan, China to the rest of the world has caught governments,...
Increasing Your Cognitive Performance | Part 2: Keeping Cortisol in Check
Maintaining cognitive performance is extremely important in our fast-paced and high-demand work-home environments. In “Increasing Your Cognitive Performance | Part 1: Physical Exercise”, we defined cognition as: "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge...
Increasing Your Cognitive Performance | Part 1: Physical Exercise
We live in a fast-paced, ever-connected and over-stimulated world. In terms of business, the hustle is real. Productivity. Performance. Results. You are expected to fire on all cylinders, all the time. This places pressure on your cognitive functions that are...
Automation and the future of work. Or, is my job safe from robots?
What would the world be like if you woke up one morning and did not have to go to work? The notion of living free from the fetters of labour is a very inviting fantasy. However, it may not be as far off as you think, nor as inviting. Over the next two decades,...
Recognising the Signs of Corporate Burnout
Has a stressful year left you feeling helpless, disillusioned, and completely exhausted? You may just be in need of a well-deserved holiday. On the other hand, you may be on the road to burnout. Burnout doesn’t discriminate, and anyone in the modern workforce can fall...
Three Reasons To Walk In Your Workday
For many of us, walking has become something of an evolutionary relic. We live fast-paced lives; who has the time to saunter through life? This ancient activity can, however, make a real contribution to your physical and mental performance. Here are three fundamental...