by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 22, 2017 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
Studies by Oxford University suggest robotics and automation will replace 47% of knowledge worker jobs over the next two decades. So if you are not planning on retiring in the next ten to twenty years, and let’s face it with average lifespan on the up and pension pots...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 14, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
I’m working in Finland this week for a leading business school and their client a food and wellness company, and came across Polar Bear Pitching, Finland’s take on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den. Imagine standing on a thick ice pack, you are shivering...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 14, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
“While Mr. Trump has left Europeans despairing about the trans-Atlantic relationship, lectures his fellow leaders about paying more for NATO and ignores their pleas not to pull out of the Paris climate accord, Mr. Obama appears on panels with allies to discuss...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 13, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
“Perspective is what enables each of us to transform the sum of our days into an epic journey. And it’s what improves our chances of together making the twenty-first century humanity’s best.” says Ian Goldin, ex-professor of global development at Oxford University,...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 8, 2017 | Archive, Change, Leadership
We used to think big and have grand visions. It wasn’t that long ago that high-risk, big dream projects were the norm. In the 60’s and 70’s the Apollo programme brought humanity together and Project Mohole, an ambitious attempt to drill to the centre of the earth,...
