by Graeme Codrington | Jul 17, 2013 | Archive
It sounds like something out of one of those cringeworthy, self-written high school plays. But in reality it is a genuine news report from a Fox affiliate TV station in the United States. And although it is a single anecdote, it does shine a spotlight on the mess that...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 17, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
It sounds like something out of one of those cringeworthy, self-written high school plays. But in reality it is a genuine news report from a Fox affiliate TV station in the United States. And although it is a single anecdote, it does shine a spotlight on the mess that...
by Keith Coats | Jul 16, 2013 | Archive, Leadership
Developing leaders is big business. Developing leaders has become a victim of its own success in that there is little willingness to change the model that for years has delivered the success. This is incongruent with the message that business needs to overhaul and...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 16, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
A recent MIT Technology Review reveals an alarming trend. Since the early 2000’s and increasingly since the financial crisis of 2008, the levels of employment have decreased even though productivity has increased over the same period. Erik Brynjolfsson And...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 12, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
There is a pattern to the disruption of industries – change happens slowly, with a few early-adopters taking a technology and innovating, but not always in the optimum way. Then it happens quickly – and a whole industry can come tumbling down. Take digital...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 10, 2013 | Archive, Change
Apologies to regular readers of this blog. This is a repeat of a short rant I had when last year’s UK Christmas retail report came out. Now the half year retail results have been released, and we’re stuck with the same problem. Marks & Spencer...
