by Markus Kramer | Sep 14, 2014 | Archive
‘Get our credit card and we’ll give you free ‘Concierge’ service; sign up for our premium bank account and we’ll help you arrange your life beautifully, buy a VERTU and concierge comes for free … and if you’re in the US, buy a Hyundai Equus’ … “because...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 13, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends
Seedstars World is a Geneva-based company that holds competitions for startups around the world. Their list of competition winners from the last year includes 19 emerging market companies that are innovating products and services with some exceptional promise. We...
by Raymond de Villiers | Sep 11, 2014 | Archive
I was recently doing some end of winter gardening. My Digital Native children aged 11 and 7 ½ were outside helping. They were soon bored and began to play instead. Soon the game was a good old-fashioned Army game of “Bang! You’re dead!” played with sticks and pieces...
by Dil Sidhu | Sep 6, 2014 | Archive
Summer is just about over and many of us have enjoyed a break, whether it was a ‘staycation’ or ‘vacation’. I spent 10 days on the southwest coast of Cyprus where the weather was flawless and thankfully, not a lot else to do other than sit near a pool, catch up on my...
by Raymond de Villiers | Sep 4, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends
The sports car that runs on SALTWATER: Vehicle goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds – and has just been approved for EU roads Quant e-Sportlimousine’s top speed is 217mph – equal to a McLaren P1 The car uses a saltwater flow cell system to power four...
by Keith Coats | Sep 3, 2014 | Archive, Leadership
The contemporary challenges facing corporate leaders are well documented. The context for leadership is one filled with complexity, ambiguity, volatility and uncertainty. They are challenges that aren’t going to go away or change anytime soon and if leaders hope to...