Presentation Rate Increase
The time has come for TomorrowToday to increase our presentation rates, and we will be doing so from the 1st April 2012. The good news is that with TomorrowToday you're getting the best in the business. We ensure that whomever we put into a client is as good as good...
You Wonder How These Things Begin?
Where does one's socialisation start? Does it begin with one's parents or primary caregivers? Do you unconsciously observe their codes of behaviour and emulate that growing up, thinking that is normal? Does it get added to at school and then through life, influenced...
Manchester and London showcases: ‘Leadership Under Pressure’ – 26 and 27 March 2012
Leadership Under Pressure Your are invited to an inspiring event with five international speakers from the world of sport and business, focusing on the necessary mindsets needed for doing business in tomorrow’s world. The events will take place on the evenings of 26...
Capitalising on the future face of consumer demographics
My previous blog identifies three trends driving the future face of consumers: Older, Female, Urban - It is important that business leaders understand the impact of these three disruptive forces. We have identified three critical steps to serving the needs of these...
Knock, knock . . . who’s there? Leadership and reciprocity: What goes around comes around
‘He should represent South Africa at sleeping,’ was the SMS we received from Keegan’s host after he had been in the UK for a few days. Any parent of a teenager will know about the amazing capacity for sleep that the average adolescent carries. In fact, it is sure sign...
Watch a Fascinating Short Film On How Cities Will Drive Global Change in the Future
Cities are changing rapidly and they are going to have a greater influence on businesses in the future than even countries. Business leaders need to be understanding now what the implications are and what they need to be doing to capitalise on this emerging trend....
Three major trends reshaping the face of tomorrow’s consumer
Following a study of customers attitudes and behaviours, CitiBank declared that 75% of their customers had changed as a result of the economic turbulence of the past few years. The report’s finding was correct in one sense; the economic uncertainty is influencing...
Social Media Bootcamps – Joburg Dates
The Social Media Boot Camp is a crash course in Social Media and Web 2.0 with a specific focus on using it strategically for business. According to the Friendship 2.0 report published by MWEB, Social Media has become the main reason that South Africans access the...
Too Big to Fail: The Need for Leaders to Remember
Imagine a workforce that takes initiative, accepts responsibility for their work, their learning and their company. Imagine an environment where there is energy, goodwill and a shared camaraderie. Image! Anybody who thinks that this isn't desirable, who thinks this...
Men Are From LinkedIn and Women Are From Facebook and Twitter
Despite the fact that I would not call myself the ‘social media expert’ in TomorrowToday (I leave that esteemed title to my colleague Mike Saunders) what I am interested in is the differences (and similarities) between men and women in the business arena. One of the...
Too Big to Fail: The Need for Leaders to Remember
Imagine a workforce that takes initiative, accepts responsibility for their work, their learning and their company. Imagine an environment where there is energy, goodwill and a shared comrade. Image! Anybody who thinks that this isn't desirable, who thinks this...
In This Week of Love…
... I decided to Blog about love as a kind of ode to love, which I think in our fast-pace ever-changing world of chaos is all too easily overlooked. Do you believe in love? Do you believe in true love? Do you believe in love at first sight? Do you believe in...
“Didn’t we almost have it all” …….. but no longer.
This week another music icon has come to a tragic end. A fellow facebooker gave me a hard time for not being totally devastated with the loss of Whitney, and for stating that for me it was infuriating, as it seemed to be “self Induced” I don’t think that all people...
Social Media Bootcamp – Durban
The Social Media Boot Camp is a crash course in Social Media and Web 2.0 with a specific focus on using it strategically for business. According to the Friendship 2.0 report published by MWEB, Social Media has become the main reason that South Africans access the...
Future workplace: O2’s flexible working pilot ahead of Olympics
Businesses have not changed much over the past 100 years, the structures of work - including the office itself have remained stubbornly old fashioned, even though the nature of work has changed significantly. Most people today work in what is called the knowledge...
Leadership: What Is Your Training Schedule?
Swimmers take your marks . . . All three of our kids can swim. Two of them, Tamryn and Sipho, rather well. In fact both have won Victrix/Victor Ludorum for their aqua efforts and Sipho has gained his provincial colours. ‘So what’s the big deal,’ you ask? Well, here’s...
Does your brand need to get a little more social?
We all know that social media is by no means new, however it’s astounding how many businesses have failed to recognise it as a powerful marketing tool. It’s changed the way brands and consumers communicate and is something companies can no longer afford to ignore....
How you can get your teams to work differently and see into the future
Ask new questions to new people Companies often don’t realise their research is stuck in a rut. They run the same focus groups and ask the same questions of the same people year after year. Broaden your horizons and ask new questions to new groups of people...
Am I am Actress or am I Real?
Have you ever been asked this question? (well, if you are a man you may have been asked if you are an actor). I was asked it yesterday morning and certainly it has got me thinking. Let me paint the scene for you. I was in a meeting with a very inteligent,...
Nine trends defining the Future World of Work
Increasing global integration: Due mainly to explosive growth in many emerging markets, the world will experience massive economic growth over the next thirty or so years. It is predicted that by 2050, global real purchasing power will quadruple. As BRIC and N11...