by Dean van Leeuwen | Dec 5, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends
“We write code, play with robots, experiment with tensioned tubes and cables and drink lots of Red Bull,” says Nadia Shouraboura CEO of new start up Hointer a retail store that combines technology and with traditional shopping. It’s the ultimate in high-tech,...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Nov 22, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends
Scanning cameras lock onto John Anderton’s face as he walks through a shopping mall. Using facial recognition technology advertisers clock his presence and begin an invasive barrage of “personalised” advertisements designed to entice, cajole and...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Nov 8, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends
They have variously been named the “Homeland” generation, the “Re-generation” and the “Centennial” generation – but at the moment, we know them best (and rather lazily) as Generation Z. In the US, this generation is often held to have been born from 1995...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Oct 30, 2013 | Archive, Change, Leadership
The acronym VUCA comes from military vocabulary and stands for volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous situation. Originating in the late 1990’s the term has infiltrated corporate and government organisations used primarily to generate emerging ideas and...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Oct 24, 2013 | Archive, Leadership
In an earlier blog I spoke about the “perversions of the proper workings of capitalism”. In my mind Capitalism is inherently good. The Capitalist seeks to find and address a need. They innovate, take risks and work out how to use capital to make a profit....
