Adversities are not uncommon in the business world, with organizations often facing challenges that can either make or break them. However, embracing adversity and turning it into an opportunity can help organizations overcome obstacles and thrive. This paper presents a case study of iOCO, a South African test consulting company that embraced adversities and created a test automation learnership to address these. South Africa is confronted with several social dilemmas because of their apartheid past. Two of these are an exceptional high unemployment rate as well as upskilling the previous disadvantage. In addition to these, iOCO faced a shortage of…....