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.
• Investing in Our Future: Why Should We Continue Planting Trees?
At TomorrowToday, we’re committed to more than just business success – we’re dedicated to making a meaningful impact on our planet. As part of our commitment to 1% for the Planet, we’ve invested in Greenpop’s Forest Restoration project.
In our latest blog post, we dive into why we chose to support this vital initiative and how it aligns with our belief that sustainability is both a collective responsibility and a moral imperative 🌱 You can read the full blog here.
If you’re interested in learning more about Greenpop’s Forest Restoration project and supporting their efforts in sustainability and biodiversity, click here to read more.
• ThrowForward Thursday: The Death of Outsourced Procurement.
In this week’s futures scenario, Graeme discusses (or rants) a possible future where companies have stopped outsourcing their supplier management to procurement services that make it incredibly difficult to sign contracts, send invoices, and get paid for products and services rendered.
The cost savings companies make by outsourcing procurement services are completely outweighed by the brand and reputation damage they incur as suppliers are made to jump through time-consuming and costly hoops just to get paid.
Let’s imagine a future where companies are driven more by creating a great environment in which to do business than they are by cost-cutting efficiencies. What do you think about this future? Watch this week’s episode here.
• What type of leader do you want to be? From Ep. 6 of The TomorrowToday Podcast.
The leadership task itself needs to be examined. Leaders need to be reflecting on the big question: what type of leader do you want to be?
In Ep. 6 of The TomorrowToday Podcast, Buhle and Graeme discuss Adaptive Leadership as a framework that future-focused leaders can adopt. Adaptive Leadership crucially requires leaders to do this interrogating work about themselves: consider what type of leader you want to be and how you actually want to lead… Listen to the episode now and don’t forget to subscribe!
• The neurodiversity advantage: How neuro-inclusion can unleash innovation and create competitive edge.
Neurodiversity may be one of the most underutilised assets in developing breakthrough ideas and business strategies. This article from Deloitte details how organisations can unleash innovation by fostering neuro-inclusion on their teams, which is a part of inclusion that is less understood and far less pursued.
While some executives may throw it in when discussing diversity and inclusion efforts, very few know how to go about pursuing it and leveraging its benefits. This article explores both the benefits and challenges of making it a reality in organisations. Read the full article here.
• Knowing What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do by Keith Coats.
In the face of adaptive challenges, the place where you don’t know what to do, leaders need to know what to do. Knowing what to do requires adaptive intelligence – something that will increasingly become the currency of effective leadership. Adaptive intelligence enables leaders, and the collective, to recognise, engage and ultimately thrive in the midst of our VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world. It is the preeminent work demanded of any leader whose intent it is to be future-fit.
Read this article from Keith Coats all about adaptive intelligence.
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