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Pyramid Schemes, or MLMs: what they are, the problems involved, and five questions to protect yourself + a totally unrelated talk about crypto.

First off, what exactly is a pyramid scheme?A pyramid scheme, also known as a “multi-level marketing” scheme or an MLM, is a popular form of direct selling that involves using one’s social connections to grow a business network. A 1996 academic journal defined direct selling as “face-to-face selling away from a fixed retail location”, usuallyContinue reading “Pyramid Schemes, or MLMs: what they are, the problems involved, and five questions to protect yourself + a totally unrelated talk about crypto.”

Cyclical Econo-Mindsets

To begin with, let us answer the question: what exactly are Cyclical Econo-Mindsets?
The term simply refers to the way lived reality creates mindsets in individual people, and how the collective behaviour or reaction to those mindsets engenders or creates a reality of their own.

Religion in the Modern Workplace: How to Get It Right

Religion unquestionably plays a large role in the everyday lives and experiences of most people, but religious sentiments and ideas are often, by design, conspicuously absent in the modern workplace. The reasons for this are multiple, from the unwelcome difficulty of maintaining diversity and fairness amongreligious groups within the workforce, to the risk of discriminationContinue reading “Religion in the Modern Workplace: How to Get It Right”

A Conversation About Gig Work, in the African Context

So what exactly is this “Gig Work” everyone is suddenly raving about? “Gig work” typically refers to any short-term or part-time work carried out by temporary workers or employees; the term originates from the American word gig, which was used to refer to bookings and engagements by musical performers, and that concept of a time-limitedContinue reading “A Conversation About Gig Work, in the African Context”