06 — The Reading Room
The Reading Room
A selection of historical publications, professional references and contemporary records relating to the practice and its principal. Items are presented for context, with dates and attribution wherever known.
The current entries are exchanges held in public on LinkedIn, kept as screenshots of the post and the comments it drew out. 16 items across 7 threads. Select any item to enlarge it.
01 — LinkedIn
Business continuity and disaster recovery
With Mahi Khan
A post setting business continuity against disaster recovery, and the exchange that followed on who manages a disruption while the business keeps running.
02 — LinkedIn
The next-level problem
With Belguin Lumu
An exchange on cash flow, management and quality as the problems that follow the first ones, and on the difference between an emerged crisis and an emerging one.
03 — LinkedIn
Early warning signs of financial distress
With Laurence Vogel
A shared article on a long-established university in financial difficulty, and the discussion that followed on longevity as a reason for confidence rather than a guarantee.
04 — LinkedIn
SWOT and financial analysis
With Amr Ezzeldin
A post on how SWOT and financial analysis work together, and the comment that asked what neither method is able to see.
05 — LinkedIn
From data to decisions
With Mohamed Alaa
A post setting out four lenses of financial analysis, and the comment asking the question that precedes all of them: what potentially material information has never entered the analysis.
06 — LinkedIn
Roadblocks to African breakthrough
With Dr Sanele Gamede
An Educate Africa newsletter edition on structural challenges and opportunities, and a short exchange with Dr Malusi Mncube on introspection and continuing research.
07 — LinkedIn
Transformation and excellence
With Henley Business School Africa
New evidence in the B-BBEE debate, and the exchange on whether transformation comes at the expense of excellence.