Gavin Watson is a visionary with a strong business philosophy. Either build your company to last or get out of the game. Leadership is not for sissies. Neither is the art of playing in the global competitive technology arena. Like global leader George Soros who said on leaving Davos at the World Economic Summit ten years ago - 'I have seen the future and it lies in technology', Gavin was ahead of his time predicting this competitive edge. For twenty years Gavin Watson has encouraged staff to think and live technology in a future paradigm which is how the name Bosasa was born - it means the future.
Gavin believes that companies that last have been shown to have a core ideology. They may have divisions but they share a common identity. They pursue different tasks but they think as one giant organism. And Bosasa's global partners share the same fundamental principles. Building the Bosasa Group was the result of intense introspection - what are our values, who are our people and how do we grow into a sizeable business from there? To Gavin Watson people come first. Carefully recruited to match the ethos of Mogale Business Park, head office to the Bosasa Group, personnel with specialised skills work as a cohesive team towards a achieving his vision.
Gavin Watson's vision is of a leading, integrated, high end Technology Company with knowledge management down to a fine art. A 'hands on' CEO he articulates his vision to each of the units and business entities at Mogale Business Park. Staff at Bosasa are given total freedom to develop their creative potential. Like the late Steve Jobs, co- founder of Apple, Gavin Watson creates a fluid environment geared to results. Developing a giant business park in the heart of Mogale City which provided food for the soul and intellect was Gavin Watson's vision. Today Mogale Business Park is not only the largest employer in the region, it is a fountainhead of leading customised technology such as Trustmaster used by the Dept of Correctional Services and the Department of Justice today. The customised Green IQ environment is a home grown oasis.
It comes complete with running paths for the many Comrades achievers Bosasa boasts on the Bosasa payroll. Golf goes on record for honing competitive skills and keen judgement. A mashie course at Mogale Business Park was designed by experts, providing opportunity for this. For the contemplative geniuses that produce our prized software, there are foliage and pond rich corners for brain storming.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Gavin Watson is accessible by first name to all his staff 24/7 and it is this level of communication that has enabled his vision to be articulated from top to bottom. Today the Bosasa Group with a growing number of international business partners leads the field with customised software and knowledge management for the public sector. Gavin Watson showed his metal with his participation in the struggle for a liberated South Africa despite opposition. Gavin Watson rose above that - but he took his people with him.
The aspiration to build a great group of Companies was an easy step for Gavin Watson understood the building blocks that create the end the result. Gavin Watson saw his leadership function
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