This week’s combination of resources and articles offers insights and practical resources to help you equip yourself with the skills required in these disruptive times, as well as for the Future of Work.
• Ep. 4: Understanding the Trends Shaping the Future.
In Episode 4 of The TomorrowToday Podcast, Buhle and Graeme dive into an interesting conversation about understanding the trends shaping the future.
They discuss the TIDES framework, which we can use to examine disruptive change and then adapt our strategic business approaches.
Being ready for the future and thinking like a futurist is not about knowing exactly what’s going to happen in the future. It’s about ensuring that you know how you will handle whatever does happen. It’s about knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do.
Listen now to the full episode and don’t forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
• How AI Can Help Save Endangered Species.
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to fight biodiversity loss by analysing vast amounts of data, monitoring ecosystems and spotting trends over time.
What could you do with data analytics in your business if you had an AI assistant that could analyse all your data? Read the full article from Scientific American here.
• Mavericks: How Bold Leadership Can Change the World.
What would your younger self say about how you are leading today? Did you lose your Maverick spirit along the way up the corporate ladder?
These crucial questions form the basis of a powerful keynote based on the book Mavericks: How Bold Leadership Changes the World, co-authored by TomorrowToday’s Associate Tamryn Batcheller Adams, with David Lewis and Jules Goddard (London Business School).
A Maverick mindset is a combination of:
1. Resourcefulness
2. Experimentation
3. The ability to remain Undeterred
4. The willingness to be Nonconformist
These four traits — which rest on a foundation of personal belief that one can make a difference – serve as a toolkit to re-engaging your own inner Maverick.
Get in touch with us about this keynote and how it can work for your team or organisation.
• Strategic Imagination eBook.
In a world of constant, disruptive change it is more important than ever to develop strategic imagination – not just in your senior leaders but in everyone, everywhere in your business.
One way to build strategic imagination with your teams is to regularly examine future scenarios and consider how you and your organisation might respond. It’s putting “thinking like a futurist” into tangible practice.
Click here to download 2 FREE future scenarios from our Strategic Imagination Toolkit, which are designed to help you paint a picture of possible future events. A short video for extra context is included, together with a short, practical discussion guide to help you and your team explore the implications of each scenario in more detail.
• China and Britain Face an Exodus of Millionaires, Study Shows.
This is an intriguing article that shows the impact of shifting geopolitics and dysfunctional politics. Let us know what you think about this? Read the full article here.
You’re welcome to contact us for more information on how we can partner with you. Our global team of futurists can assist through our sought after keynote presentations, facilitated workshops and strategy sessions to help you and your team face the future with confidence. Let’s start the conversation…