We have been working hard with a number of our business partners and contributors to develop a new offering for our clients. We’re calling it CommsInMotion. The concept is simple: on a monthly basis we seek out important and relevant information for you and your team, package it in easy to access 15 to 20 minute audio podcasts, and deliver it via your own dedicated iTunes channel. Together with the podcast, our experts also provide two sets of questions to help you get the most out of the content: one for the listener, and another for the team leader or manager. Our content is grouped together in relevant “channels”, such as ‘leadership’, ‘strategy’, ‘talent management’, ‘sales’, etc., and you select what is most appropriate for your organisation.
If this is of interest to you, check the website here for more details, or contact Graeme Codrington for more details.
One of our most popular channels is curated by Gatehouse Advisory Partners, with Sir Jeremy and Nick Greenstock providing weekly geo-political briefings. Here is a sample of the type of briefings they provide:
Gatehouse: Geopolitical updates
– by Sir Jeremy Greenstock
This CommsInMotion channel provides insights into geopolitical issues, with regular time-sensitive updates. These include issues such as: The future of energy; Islam and politics; Cyber Warfare; State of the EU; Food and water resources; Security (future flare points); 2012 – the year of elections (ongoing updates on US, Russia, France, China (handover), Spain, Germany, Turkey), and similar issues.
This particular strategic input is a geopolitical update for the week of 21 March 2011. It’s an audio input that’s 15 minutes long. Each CommsInMotion input also comes with a set of discussion starting questions. The questions for this audio input are:
- The first list of questions is for the listener. It gives them an opportunity, through the questions, to reflect and integrate the information into their immediate world.
- The second list is for a team of people in a management / coaching context. We encourage these types of users to get people in their team to listen to the strategic input and then make time (over coffee) to meet with them to discuss what they listened to. This allows the manager / coach to ensure the input has been listened to, but also creates meaningful conversation around the input with their colleague.
Audio Input
[audio:http://tomorrowtoday.co.za/listen/Gatehouse_Energy_Update_2011-03.mp3]Questions for the Listener
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1. What factors have had an impact on energy supplies?
2. How might governments change their energy generation mix?
3. Is the environmental/carbon argument as relevant in a recession?
4. Where does gas fit into the energy mix now?
5. What potential is there in the future for a global energy shortfall?
Questions for the Manager / Coach
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1. What factors have had an impact on energy supplies?
2. How might governments change their energy generation mix? (How might perception impact government decisions?)
3. Is the environmental/carbon argument as relevant in a recession? (Is price or ethics more important to (you as) a consumer currently?)
4. Where does gas fit into the energy mix now? (How hard should the renewables agenda be pushed?)
5. What potential is there in the future for a global energy shortfall?