by Graeme Codrington | Jul 25, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends
Over the last hundred years, we’ve learnt the hard way that modern technologies both improve our world and destroy our jobs. Today it is computers (in the form of smart devices), the internet and social media that are both revolutionising how we live and...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 23, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends, Organisational Development
If you had told a farmer a century ago that he would not need labourers, and would be able to harvest and manage his farm using machines he would have laughed at you. If you had told factory bosses the same thing about sixty years ago, they would have been equally...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 23, 2013 | Archive, Diversity, Organisational Development
Last month I wrote an article entitled ‘The Trophy Kids Have Arrived For Work’, which talked about some of the characteristics of Generation Y in the workplace. In that article I also gave some tips on how employers could manage Generation Y most effectively so as to...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 22, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends
A few weeks ago, I bought a 3d printer for use in my home. On the day I installed it, I recorded a video for our team’s Signpost’s YouTube channel (it’s available here or at the bottom of this post). Since then, many people have asked me a lot of...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 22, 2013 | Archive
In a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), titled “PwC’s NextGen: A Global Generational Study”, they highlighted a number of learnings that organisations can take from the study. Among a number of useful and interesting insights, one of the...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 17, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
“It is clear that policymakers and those who advise them do not have a satisfactory conceptual framework for dealing with [this] disruptive impact” says Alec Ross the former senior adviser on innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and; Jonathan...