The Future of the Olympics: who’s the best mutant? or human 2.0?
As the Olympics once again start their quadrennial celebrations of human achievement and athletic accomplishment, we look forward to a few weeks of extraordinary stories and celebrations. On the basis of past experience, it's likely that some competitors will be...
How To Think Like Generation Why
Why would you want to learn to think like a Millennial? Perhaps because you don't understand your children? Perhaps because you are a teacher and you have no idea to connect with them, discipline them, or inspire them to want to know more? Perhaps because you have...
What you can tell about the ‘smell of a place’ by sitting in the reception!
An 8am meeting with the head of learning and development at Zurich Insurance in downtown Johannesburg taught me more about the company than any Google search could have revealed. I say 'could have' because I had forgotten to bring my hub that would have given me...
Quotes about the future that inspire us
. . . . . . . “Every institution in the knowledge society has to be globally competitive.” Peter F. Drucker “The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” Albert Einstein “The empires of the future are the empires of...
Some useful resources and thought-leaders on the future world of work
At TomorrowToday we are constantly scanning the horizon for new trends and disruptive forces. Here are some of the books and websites that will assist you in becoming fit for the future: Management Innovation eXchange or MIX invites you to share stories of management...
Tools for understanding and building a better future
In order to be fit for the future we first need to be keeping our eye on the future. This of course sounds obvious to you and yet it is frightening how many businesses are backward looking or at best focused on only the next quarter’s results. As leaders we need to...
TomorrowToday – Building fit for the future organisations
People often ask us what TomorrowToday does. One elevator pitch is that we show leaders what they can do today to be more competitive in tomorrow’s changing world. But there is a caveat to this. We are passionate about exploring, identifying, understanding and...
What do Generation Y want from their workspace?
Generation Y are unlikely ever to retire. They probably won't be able to afford to, but also they probably won't want to. As a generation they will enjoy work because they will work at things they enjoy. It is unlikely that they will stay in the same workplace for...
Graeme Codrington public events in South Africa in August 2012
Dr Graeme Codrington will be speaking at the following public events in South Africa in August. Sign up now for any or all of them. Discounts for groups are available: 17 Aug in Cape Town: Succeeding in a new world of work: Charity breakfast for NOAH 17 Aug in Cape...
Two different approaches to Africa from the two big world powers
You cannot generalise about Africa. It's a big place, and you can find anything and everything you're looking for (and a lot you're not) there. But themes are emerging, nevertheless. And it seems as if China and America are choosing their paths into the "last...
Those who think they have power tend to abuse that power
This thought could probably apply to many different people in many different parts of society, but right now my brain is fixated on the nauseating stench coming from the banking industry. From Barclays colluding with central banking authorities to manipulate the very...
The gift that wasn’t: Leading by doing nothing
It was the kind of gift any twelve-year-old dreams about. In fact Michael had dreamt about it for some time in anticipation of his forthcoming birthday. Michael is the son of good friends and not from our cave, just in case you were wondering. The gift in question was...
The end of the line…
It's hardly earth shattering news, but a recent piece of research in New Zealand has indicated that as Generation Y are growing up and becoming home owners for the first time, they're simply not installing home phones. No landlines at home. It's obvious really, and I...
Barclays and ABSA get the lesson: ‘culture matters most’.
Under the title, 'Ramos fights on all fronts' (Business Times 15/7/12), ABSA Chief Executive, Maria Ramos, tells parent bank Barclays of the concerns she has about their banking culture. She has every right to be concerned. When Barclays bought a 55% controlling stake...
Lessons in disrupting your business: Lego goes gaming
At TomorrowToday we talk a lot about disruptive change, and we spend much of our time helping our clients develop corporate cultures that are able to handle disruptions. There is a negative side to disruptive change, and it's necessary to think and act in ways that...
The future isn’t what it used to be: Neither at work nor it seems, at home!
In the July-August issue of The Futurist (www.wfs.org) there was an interesting article on the shift from ‘smart houses’ to ‘networked houses’. Authors Chris Carbone and Kristin Nauth describe how tomorrow’s integrated, networked and aware home systems will forever...
Your Real Work as a Leader: A sense of vocation
"I love what I do!” I have come to realize that there are a lot of people who cannot say that- folk for whom their working life is something to get done so that they can carry on with what really matters to them. I believe in the message that is at the heart of our...
Some important company annual returns and what they’re saying about the world economy
It's earnings reporting season in the USA right now, and some of the earnings being reported provide interesting insights into the way the recession in the US is interacting with other disruptive forces to change the world of work. Business Insider ran a feature on...
Your Real Work as a Leader: A sense of vocation
"I love what I do!” I have come to realize that there are a lot of people who cannot say that- folk for whom their working life is something to get done so that they can carry on with what really matters to them. I believe in the message that is at the heart of...
Disruptive Change – How to deal with it for future success [podcast]
Last Friday I was interviewed by Chris Cooper on his Voice America Business radio show. The show is now available in podcast format, for free. It's an hour long, and a great conversation about how we deal with disruptive change for future success. The show was...