by Dean van Leeuwen | Oct 7, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
Dawna MacLean is a customer experience and business strategy thought leader, She is also a breath of fresh air and a source of original and innovative thinking. One of her latest posts on benefiting from radical change has deep insights and practical benefits for...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Oct 5, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Last week I presented to the Proctor & Gamble Alumni Chapter in Geneva. The chairman for the event was Kevin Roberts the worldwide CEO for the advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi. In one of his comments he said something brilliant. He spoke about this being...
by Graeme Codrington | Oct 4, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
It is plain to see that certain industries are being hard hit by the rise of digital media. The music industry is pretty much clueless as to how to respond – so much so, that Apple (through it’s iTunes store) is now the world’s leading music...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Oct 3, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
I recently wrote a post posing the question “Is Google becoming a former supermodel”. Here is an excerpt from that post “In the rapidly changing world of the Internet, Google has become one of its superstars…Growth though is slowing and...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Oct 3, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
The Great Recession has made CEOs rethink strategic planning. Walt Shill, head of the North American management consulting practice for Accenture believes that: “Strategy, as we knew it, is dead…Corporate clients decided that increased flexibility and...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 30, 2010 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
I have started writing a column for the MPI (Meetings Professional International) One+ magazine. I’ll be writing monthly on the issue of the future of meetings. The column itself will be set up in October, but for now you can read my first contribution on the...