by Graeme Codrington | Nov 29, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
I was asked to give a short speech at my daughter’s valedictory Leaver’s Dinner at the end of her Junior School year. Here is an edited version of what I said (I sprinkled this with some personal stories, humour and local references): To the graduating...
by Graeme Codrington | Oct 22, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends
Two years ago, China set itself the target of becoming the world’s leading consumer and producer or solar, wave and wind power. They have already achieved this target. In an authoritarian system, when a decision gets made, it also gets done. When good decisions...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 26, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends, Parenting
For over a decade now, we have been using our understanding of generational cycles to predict that today’s youth and young adults were likely to respond to social change by becoming more socially conservative. This would include reductions in hard drug use,...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 25, 2014 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
Over the last few months I have begun to include a small section in some of my workshops on the clutter and “stuff” that makes work life a pain. Almost all participants identify meetings and email (and many add managers, for a “3M” trilogy of...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 23, 2014 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media
For anyone who does conferencing work in Southern Africa, the Business Events Africa catalogue is an invaluable resource, listing providers of conferencing facilities, speakers and related services. It’s just been published and will be available in printed...
