by Keith Coats | Feb 22, 2011 | Archive, Leadership, Organisational Development
“If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse” is something attributed to Henry Ford. It was Ford’s ability to see the unseen that fuelled an entirely new habit of transportation in America. The innovative mass production of the Model...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Feb 18, 2011 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) I love Penelope Trunk’s blogs at the Brazen Careerist. They contain great thoughts and advice about business and life,...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Feb 15, 2011 | Archive, Leadership
We benefit from looking at things differently. Sometimes that requires stepping back and looking not at the “what” or “how” but the “why”. Why do something that way? Do you ever wonder why your company (or a competitor) does things...
by Keith Coats | Feb 15, 2011 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
In 1953, well before the information revolution seized the planet, philosopher Isaiah Berlin divided thinkers into two basic categories: the fox and the hedgehog. The difference is that hedgehogs know ‘one big thing’ whilst foxes know ‘many things’. A hedgehog will...
by Keith Coats | Feb 8, 2011 | Archive, Leadership
One of the implications of the convergence of Gen Y and technology in the workspace could well be the demise of middle management. If that is you, then you have every reason to be concerned with this possibility. As with every new generation who enter the workplace,...
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by TomorrowToday Global | Feb 3, 2011 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
How many Gen X women do you know well into their 30’s who are still completely focused on their careers, some married and some who don’t even have the time to entertain dating as they leave the office after 9pm, 5 days a week. Which Gen X in their right mind at 25 was...
