by Raymond de Villiers | Nov 13, 2015 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Organisational Development
One of the macro trends in today’s world is that people are living longer. This has a number of implications in a variety of areas, including our careers. When we lived into our 70’s or 80’s we ended up working for 30 or so years. If however, as the trends...
by Raymond de Villiers | Nov 9, 2015 | Archive, Organisational Development
Gap years are traditionally those brief periods of parental indulgence when we allow post-school adolescents to take a breather before we expect them to enter young-adulthood. With working life now lasting so much longer gap years are going to start coming up during...
by Jude Foulston | Oct 27, 2015 | Archive, Organisational Development
One of the undoubted privileges that we have in TomorrowToday Global is to be invited to participate or to speak at numerous talent programs. These are programs that are filled with young people entering the workplace – highly qualified, very enthusiastic and...
by Keith Coats | Oct 20, 2015 | Archive, Change, Leadership, Organisational Development
According to author Richard Dobbs (No Ordinary Disruption) in 1950 a company occupied its place on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) for an average of 60 years. By 2011 that span had dropped to 18 years. More concerning is that Dobbs predicts that by...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Oct 16, 2015 | Archive, Change, Leadership, Organisational Development
“We have totally screwed up,” said Michael Horn the American boss of Volkswagen in a public apology. “We must fix the cars to prevent this from ever happening again and we have to make this right. This kind of behaviour is totally inconsistent with our qualities.”...
by Keith Coats | Oct 15, 2015 | Archive, Leadership, Organisational Development
We live and lead in a world where there is a relentless urge to be ‘future focused’ and futurefit. The need to understand and be ready for disruption in a ‘VUCA’ world – one that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, is important. Certainly companies that...
