Background Music: Essential for authentic leadership?
A mentor of mine recommended a book for me to read by James Kugel titled, In the Valley of the Shadow. Seven years ago, Kugel, a retired Harvard professor of Hebrew literature, was diagnosed with an aggressive, likely fatal form of cancer. Given two years to live he...
Infographic: Is Mobile the Future of Marketing?
It took radio 38 years to reach 50 Million users. TV took 13 years and the Internet took 4 years to reach the same figure. However, it only took the iPhone 2 years to reach the same figure. In 2011 around $1 Billion was spent in mobile advertising, analysts expect it...
Leadership is a Conversation, at Least it Should be!
Traditional corporate communication needs an overhaul. It needs to become less about corporate tone and messaging and more about dynamic and engaging communications. More over it needs to be conversational. I got goose bumps as I read Leadership Is a Conversation...
What next for Rewards? Exploring the future of Loyalty Programmes
Is loyalty a thing of the past? Generations X and Y are naturally less loyal, believing in instant gratification. At most, these generations are concept loyal, not brand loyal, and they have grown up cynical and jaded by the attempts from companies to woo them with...
Visualising the retirement age crisis around the world
Most countries in the world are in the process of gradually pushing up their retirement age. France's new President is doing the opposite right now, but that won't last and the French will soon have to increase retirement age once again. There is no country in the...
An Open Letter to TomorrowToday: A reminder from Starbucks for all of us!
I am reading Howard Schultz’s Onwards. Schultz is the founder of Starbucks and Onwards is the story of Starbucks post 2007. I loved Starbucks right from the time I first had a ‘Starbucks experience’ and that was deepened with the reading of a couple of books on the...
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Stats about LinkedIn in Africa [infographic]
After the demand for our LinkedIn in South Africa infographics we decided to extend our research into Africa. Nearly 6 million people are using LinkedIn in Africa. Proving that LinkedIn is becoming a great resource to connect with people in Africa. As international investment into Africa grows we are seeing great potential to connect with […]
Living Up To Expectations: Understanding Generational Expectations in the Workplace
Not only are expectations subject to personal nuances, they can be further understood by looking at broad generational values that underpin behaviour. Generational Theory as originally promoted by Howe and Strauss, two Yale and Harvard trained political economists,...
Seven Ways of Disruptive Change
At TomorrowToday we've been showing leaders for the past ten years how and why they need to track and understand disruptive forces changing the world of work, and most importantly what they can do to be more competitive. So I noted with interest when Cath Garland (who...
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LinkedIn in South Africa 2012 [infographic]
Over the last few years the DigitLab team and I have been tracking the growth of LinkedIn in South Africa.In 2011 we saw an 83% growth (600 000 professionals) from this year and in 2012 a 45% increase (500 000 professionals )with a total of 1,6 million people. Its also interesting to note that the […]
Tomorrow’s Leaders have to be better than today ‘s leaders
The occasion was the launch of a senior leadership development Programme with an International blue chip company. The CEO made the customary welcoming speech at the opening evening in which he made the attention grabbing statement: "Tomorrow's leaders will have to be...
False Truth Hunting
As a change agent I have come to believe that the most formidable inhibitors to change are our false truths. Each and everyone one of us have false truths that can sabotage our potential. And our false truths are widespread in both our personal and professional...
Women and Mentorship Programmes
'Women in Leadership' has probably been a focus of discussion for decades and no doubt it has looked different in different eras through out history. However, I think that now, in the new world of work, more than ever that the consideration of 'Women in Leadership'...
Not seeing what you’re looking at
There are many examples online where you can be looking at something and not see what's happening right in front of your eyes. The most famous, possibly is the black gorilla and basketball count test. Probably my favourite is the Colour Changing Card trick. And then...
Forecasts for the next 25 years
A few of our team are members of the World Futures Society, an association bringing together the world's leading thinkers about future trends. One of the key resources produced by the WFS is a journal and a regular set of updates that aggregate the various scenarios...
Forecasts for the next 25 years
A few of our team are members of the World Futures Society, an association bringing together the world's leading thinkers about future trends. One of the key resources produced by the WFS is a journal and a regular set of updates that aggregate the various scenarios...
A Leadership Pill
I recently watched the movie ‘Limitless’ which explores the concept of a pill that leads to acutely enhanced awareness and performance. Obscure facts tucked away in the recesses of one’s subconscious become accessible; patterns hidden by details become clear and...
Social Media empowers Citizen Journalism
After my last article about the role of social media in journalism I received an email through a friend from a journalism lecturer who shared this TED video with me. The video is a great description of a new layer of journalism that social media has empowered. A form of journalism that places the knowledge […]
Social Media empowers Citizen Journalism originally posted on Mike Saunders – Keynote Speaker and Social Media Coach
Still scrambling for energy solutions
Talking about the environment has perhaps fallen down the agenda since the Banking Crisis and Great Recession have changed many of our immediate needs and motivations somewhat. The problems, of course, haven’t gone away and it remains vitally important for businesses...
Why we need more “data scientists”
Businesses already have a vast amount of information about their customers – some use it well, some less so. The vast growth in computer processing power has lead to the ability to crunch data on customers like never before. Big retailers and many loyalty schemes are...