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 14, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
Stephen Fry released his memoirs today, and he has done something remarkable with them. In addition to the book, “The Fry Chronicles” (buy it here at Amazon.co.uk), he has released a smart phone version called myFry (download the iPhone App here). I am a...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 14, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
Stephen Fry released his memoirs today, and he has done something remarkable with them. In addition to the book, “The Fry Chronicles” (buy it here at Amazon.co.uk), he has released a smart phone version called myFry (download the iPhone App here). I am a...
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...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 11, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
Johnson Controls, a company specialising in “optimising the energy and operational efficiency of buildings”, has been conducting global workplace research into what type of work environment today’s young people are looking for. It’s called the...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 11, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends, Organisational Development
Last week, on the US Labor Day holiday, Seth Godin’s blog carried an interesting insight into how labour changed as the industrial revolution reached its zenith. You can read an extract below. If you follow the thought through, then it must be a warning to us...