by Lydia Botha | Sep 13, 2019 | Firm Growth, Industry Trends
I just watched the trailer of the new(ish) film, The Current War, about the battle between Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla to bring electricity to America during the Second Industrial Revolution. This made me think of the Fourth Industrial...
by Lydia Botha | Nov 16, 2017 | Industry Trends
Unless you have been living in a bubble in the financial world, you definitely have heard the word ‘Bitcoin’ thrown around a few times. While Bitcoin is still in its infancy, it is continuing to gain momentum, market share and most of all, trust. As Bitcoin gains...
by Lydia Botha | Sep 3, 2017 | Industry Trends
The term ‘machine learning’ has become a buzzword in the past year or so. Billions of dollars are invested in artificial intelligence (AI) technology each year – between $26 billion and $39 billion in 2016 according to the McKinsey Global Institute Study – of which...
by Lydia Botha | Apr 17, 2017 | Industry Trends
Like many accountants my generation, I did my articles at a ‘traditional’ firm where being tech savvy meant you knew the shortcut keys for ‘copy & paste’. Some of us even knew our way around pivot tables (remember those?). Seriously though, we were obviously more...
