Articles and guides
Articles and guides
Practical articles on SETAs, learnerships, skills funding, leadership, the new world of work and training – written by BOTI for South African managers, HR teams and learners.
All articlesPopular articles 91SETAs and skills funding 22Learnerships 10The new world of work 46The 4th Industrial Revolution 36Virtual and online training 14
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22 Feb 2022Tuesday 22 02 2022 – Are we two early or are we two late, we will never know unless we mark the right date!Today is Tuesday, but also ‘Twos-day’, with all the twos falling together – 22 02 2022. Today’s date is also a palindrome day which means...14 Dec 2021When it comes to goal setting, do you know where you’re going to? Learning to visualise will help you achieve your goalsCan you visualise your path to success? Only a few decades ago mindset practice in the workplace wasn’t as well accepted as it is...5 Mar 2021Living and Working Longer: Why Lifelong Learning MattersPeople are living and working longer than ever, so organisations need staff who keep learning throughout their careers. A viral claim that the World...18 Feb 2021Skills development in South AfricaSkills development in South Africa is the national system that funds and organises workplace training. Employers pay a Skills Development Levy of 1% of...1 Feb 2021AWS Training and Certification: A Plain Guide for South African TeamsAWS training is the study route that prepares people to work with Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing platform. AWS certification is the exam-based...1 Feb 2021Digital Marketing South AfricaDigital marketing in South Africa means reaching customers through Google search, paid ads, social media, email and your website, then measuring which channels bring...1 Feb 2021What is a certified Scrum Master certification?A Scrum Master certification is a credential showing that you have learnt how Scrum works and what a Scrum Master is responsible for, and...15 Jan 2021Programming and Coding Courses in South AfricaProgramming and Coding Courses in South Africa If you are comparing programming courses in South Africa, this guide outlines the main programming languages and...28 Aug 2020Is critical thinking a talent?What is critical thinking? What exactly is critical thinking? Essentially, critical thinking is one’s ability to think rationally and clearly in terms of what...11 Aug 202010 Reasons Why Training Legislation in South Africa Is ImportantIn short, training legislation in South Africa decides who pays for employee training (the 1% Skills Development Levy[1]), who quality-assures it (SAQA and the...30 Jul 2020Learnership Meaning: Why learnerships are important?Learnership meaning, in one line: a structured learning programme that combines theory with practical workplace experience and leads to a qualification registered on the...14 Jul 2020Why should Learnerships be considered?A learnership is a structured programme, usually about 12 months long, that combines theory with supervised workplace experience and leads to a registered qualification....26 Jun 2020Black Lives Matter in the workplace – human: handle with care The courier van pulled into the driveway of our Sandton office. A man got out of the car carrying a very heavy parcel...12 Jun 2020Human Creativity: The Skill AI Cannot ReplaceAs artificial intelligence and automation take over routine work, human creativity becomes one of the most valuable skills at work: deciding which problems to...29 Apr 2020Fighting COVID- 19: The BOTi guide to precautionary actions and procedures that need to be followed to guard against the virus upon returning to workAs COVID-19 lockdown restrictions start to ease over the next few weeks many businesses in various essential services sectors in South Africa will gradually...18 Mar 2020COVID-19 – Washing our hands of the hypeDid Dean R Koontz predict the coronavirus? No. His 1981 thriller The Eyes of Darkness describes a fictional biological weapon that was called “Gorki-400”...16 Mar 2020Taking training matters into sanitised hands – 7 seconds is all it takesTaking training matters into sanitised hands – 7 seconds is all it takes To help curb the spread of the Corona Virus, 7 seconds...11 Mar 2020Human – handle with care Human – handle with care As we observe Human Rights Day in South Africa on 21st March, we realise that the fight for human...4 Mar 2020Hardcore leaders succeeding with soft skills in a world where the only constant is changeSoft skills training teaches the people skills that technical qualifications leave out: resilience, emotional intelligence, empathy, motivation, integrity and clear communication. BOTI runs these...26 Feb 2020Feeling like a castaway? Need a coach or mentor but no response to your SOS on SMS? Don’t send a message in a bottle, no man or woman is an island, we’re on to it!The news that a message in a bottle has been found floating in the ocean or washed up on a beach conjures up the...18 Feb 2020Is your fear of Excel greater than your fear of flying? Has Excel become the bad guy in your life? If so, then sum-thing good is about to happen….If Excel makes you nervous, a short, structured course is the quickest fix: BOTI’s Excel training classes start from a blank spreadsheet and build...13 Feb 2020With every breath you take, don’t be a Puff Daddy. Take the Sting out of Leap Year proposals – Take the Leap and Learn to Lead! Leap Day on February 29 has been known as a day of traditions, superstitions and folklore since it was first introduced over 2000...12 Feb 2020Why you should invest in Knowledge Management – an organisation’s very own gold mine Knowledge management is one of the most practical skills an organisation can build through training. It teaches teams how to capture, share and reuse...28 Jan 2020Will 2020 mark the beginning of a new era of Roaring Twenties?In 100 years we have moved from the 2nd through to the 4th Industrial Revolution – Will 2020 mark the beginning of a new era of...
