by Graeme Codrington | Sep 26, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends, Parenting
For over a decade now, we have been using our understanding of generational cycles to predict that today’s youth and young adults were likely to respond to social change by becoming more socially conservative. This would include reductions in hard drug use,...
by Graeme Codrington | Sep 25, 2014 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
Over the last few months I have begun to include a small section in some of my workshops on the clutter and “stuff” that makes work life a pain. Almost all participants identify meetings and email (and many add managers, for a “3M” trilogy of...
by Raymond de Villiers | Sep 16, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends
Microsoft has acquired Mojang the maker of Minecraft for $2.5bn [see AFP article below]. Minecraft is a game with very simplistic graphic and game play but it has managed to garner a player base numbering in the millions spread across the Digital Natives demographic....
by Dean van Leeuwen | Sep 15, 2014 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
Today Graeme Codrington and I are part of the London Business School team working with the leadership of a petroleum company from the Middle East. The course is being held in London and we were talking to them about disruptive forces. One of the forces that will...
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by Graeme Codrington | Sep 13, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends
Seedstars World is a Geneva-based company that holds competitions for startups around the world. Their list of competition winners from the last year includes 19 emerging market companies that are innovating products and services with some exceptional promise. We...
by Raymond de Villiers | Sep 4, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends
The sports car that runs on SALTWATER: Vehicle goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds – and has just been approved for EU roads Quant e-Sportlimousine’s top speed is 217mph – equal to a McLaren P1 The car uses a saltwater flow cell system to power four...
