by Graeme Codrington | Oct 15, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends, Organisational Development
The most significant technology that will emerge in the next five years is… ? I wonder what you think it will be. There are many contenders: advanced alternative energy creation and uses, genetics, personalised medication, nanotechnology, even space travel with...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 29, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends
You’ve heard of crowdsourcing – using the minds of many to work for you in coming up with new ideas and implementations. Now there’s crowdsourcing – accessing the wallets of many people to raise money for almost any (and every) purpose. Social...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 23, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends, Organisational Development
I was really interested to pick up a fairly simple piece on the Harvard Business Review blog about how to get the most out of crowdsourcing. This is a growing technique, but many businesses have no formalised processes for doing it successfully – it’s...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Sep 19, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media
As we crawl out of an energy sapping recession it is interesting to identify how leaders are responding to the new competitive and economic environment. IBM has completed a global study of over 1500 CEO and their excellent report “Capitalising on...
by TomorrowToday Global | Sep 15, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends
A friend of mine, Samantha Braithwaite, just returned to South Africa from an adventure in many parts of the world. The last stretch spending time with the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Her final update of her trip arrived this morning via e-mail. I asked her for...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 13, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Diversity, Future Trends
Jim Dator, a professor in the Futures Department of the University of Hawaii shared an interesting model with a colleague of mine (Keith Coats) recently. It’s about where futurists go to develop their scenarios for what is shaping the world of work. Up until a...