by Dean van Leeuwen | Nov 17, 2009 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends
Nike has some aggressive sustainability targets. Nike CEO Mark Parke believes that corporate responsibility is no longer a staff function at Nike. It’s a design function, a sourcing function, a consumer experience function, part of how we operate. Lorrie Vogel is the...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Nov 16, 2009 | Archive, Future Trends
We’ve been noticing a distinct shift in the perceived value that a university degree brings. It’s largely accepted that a degree from an university, especially an ivy league one such as MIT, Harvard or INSEAD can improve expected earnings significantly....
by Graeme Codrington | Nov 12, 2009 | Archive
One of the trends we’ve been tracking for some time is the rise of the ethical consumer. This growing group of customers do not simply look at your product or service through the traditional lessons of price, availability and value for money. They’re...
by Graeme Codrington | Nov 10, 2009 | Archive
Poor old Gordon Brown. The Prime Minister of Britain just can’t seem to do anything right. This past week, he did what he always does, which is to hand write a letter of condolence to a bereaved family member. Every time a British soldier dies, Gordon Brown...
by Graeme Codrington | Nov 10, 2009 | Archive, Future Trends, Organisational Development
POSTED 10 November 2009; UPDATED 11 November 2009 One story is going to run for the next 3-5 years at least: how to fix the banking system. The big media headline grabbing story is how to regulate bankers’ pay. It appears as if bankers don’t know how much...
by Graeme Codrington | Nov 9, 2009 | Archive, Future Trends
Today is the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down. In just a few weeks, we’ll also celebrate twenty years since the Velvet Revolution (Prague, 17 November), the execution of Nicolae Ceausescu (Bucharest, 25 December), the release of Nelson...
