by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 17, 2016 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
The Rise of the Benefit Corporation Small changes in the corporate code can change the world and on April 13, 2010, Governor Martin O’Malley made history in the US State of Maryland when he passed a law creating a new type of for-profit corporation – the Benefit...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 11, 2016 | Archive, Future Trends
Moore’s Law is a difficult concept to wrap our heads around. We can see the impact of exponentially rising computing processing power around us but how do we relate to the doubling in power of a microprocessing chip every two years. We understand it, but do we...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 9, 2016 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Quester intrapreneur, n. 1 A person who works inside major corporations or organizations to develop and promote practical solutions to social, ethical, operational or environmental challenges where progress is currently stalled by market and business failures. 2 A...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 8, 2016 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
As disruptive forces go, the end of economic growth, would have a tsunami impact on businesses, organisations and countries. We tend to think of economic growth as normal, something we’ve lived with forever and we expect its continued benefit. Downturns are seen...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 8, 2016 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
As disruptive forces go, the end of economic growth, would have a tsunami impact on businesses, organisations and countries. We tend to think of economic growth as normal, something we’ve lived with forever and we expect its continued benefit. Downturns are seen...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 7, 2016 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
What if, in a changing world efficiency and effectiveness are no longer the bastions of competitive advantage? What if, what modern organisations need is more hare and less tortoise? As the CEO of industrial giant GE, Jeff Immelt says, “Ten or twenty years ago,...