by Graeme Codrington | Aug 29, 2011 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
David Korten is an amazing thinker. His book, “The Great Turning” (Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com) is a remarkable vision of where we find ourselves in history, and what we should be doing in the next century. He, and a whole team of people, have now turned...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 26, 2011 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
We all know that emerging markets are important for any company wanting to develop a global footprint and grow internationally. But what might be less apparent is that emerging markets are not just waiting around for the titans of the West to arrive –...
by Dawna MacLean | Aug 22, 2011 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
HBR has done it again, September’s issue does not disappoint! One article in particular is near and dear to my heart and to the heart of many of my clients, How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care. Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan do a brilliant job in...
by Dawna MacLean | Aug 22, 2011 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
As the relevance of psychologyin business strategy continues to gain momentum I am most struck by how predictably irrational we are responding to this new found level of awareness. There has been so much talk over the past year about the power of authenticity,...
by Dawna MacLean | Aug 15, 2011 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
With the emergence and growing momentum of Customer Experience as a strategic imperative, companies are becoming more and more passionate and polarized. At one extreme, we see companies failing to invest enough resources. At the other end we see some investing...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 12, 2011 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
Euromonitor International, a research company recently released a study into Internet access and usage in emerging markets from 2011 to 2020. They focused their attentions on 25 countries, which include only one sub-Saharan African country: South Africa. (See the...