Throw Forward Thursday: Lessons in Innovation from the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9
This is part 2 of our look at CRISPR gene editing technology. See Part 1 here. Today, we take a look behind the scenes at how CRISPR-Cas9 was developed, and the lessons we can learn for innovation in our own companies. This is a SAMPLE of the full episode, which is...
Ageing is a Disruptive Force: Grey Elephant Breakdown
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and global futurist, Dean van Leeuwen. Our team's Grey Elephant framework is all about the forces of change that are transforming the 2020s. This framework is used to prepare for the unexpected, to think like...
5 for Friday – 19th May 2023
This week’s combination of resources and articles offers insights and practical resources to help you equip yourself with the skill required in these disruptive times, as well as for the Future of Work. In this week’s insights, we shared our special 100th episode of...
Throw Forward Thursday: CRISPR – Editing DNA for a better future
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier for their work on the gene editing technique known as CRISPR-Cas9. This gives us the ability to change the DNA of any living thing, from plants and animals to humans....
21 Predictions for the World of 2123
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and global futurist, Graeme Codrington. For our special 100th episode of Graeme’s ThrowForward Thursday YouTube series, we jump forward a century and imagine 21 scenarios of what life might be like. These are...
5 for Friday – 12th May 2023
This week’s combination of resources and articles offers insights and practical resources to help you equip yourself with the skill required in these disruptive times, as well as for the Future of Work. In this week’s insights, Buhle Dlamini talks about ‘Leveraging...
Throw Forward Thursday: How to build scenarios for the future
Last week, I shared "21 Predictions for the year 2123" (Watch here). Today, we go behind the scenes and discover the two tools I used to select these scenarios, as we learn to think like a futurist. I'll show you the importance of a framework for horizon scanning, and...
Leveraging Your Team Diversity with CQ – Cultural Intelligence
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and Future of People expert Buhle Dlamini. Diversity Is Not Enough! If you have worked in any environment that is characterised by a difference in people’s backgrounds, identities, and functions, you will know...
5 for Friday – 5th May 2023
This week’s combination of resources and articles offers insights and practical resources to help you equip yourself with the skill required in these disruptive times, as well as for the Future of Work. What Do You Do When You Stop Pretending? This question lies at...
Throw Forward Thursday: 21 Predictions for the World of 2123
For our special 100th episode of ThrowForward Thursday, we jump forward a century and imagine 21 scenarios of what life might be like. These are not fanciful science fiction scenarios of flying cars or robot assistants (those will be old news in a century anyway), but...
What do you do, after you stop pretending?
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and global futurist, Keith Coats. What do you do, after you stop pretending? This sentence arrested my attention like few others. I was reading an absorbing book recommended by a friend with whom I work at...
5 for Friday – 28th April 2023
This week’s combination of resources and articles offers insights and practical resources to help you equip yourself with the skill required in these disruptive times, as well as for the Future of Work. This week's insights come from Dean van Leeuwen, whose insights...
Throw Forward Thursday: Futures Club Teaser: What we can learn from the Ocean Cleanup Project
What we can learn from the Ocean Cleanup Project about innovation through ridiculous ideas, experimentation and being a force for good. Members of my Futures Club will get access to the full video, but for everyone else, here is an extended 'teaser' which I am sure...
Understand how the Fifth Industrial Revolution is shaping the organisation of the future
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and global futurist, Dean van Leeuwen. What is a bionic organisation? In 1958, retired US Air Force colonel and medical doctor Jack Steele coined the word "bionic", a term blending "biology" and "electronic", which...
5 for Friday – 21st April 2023
This week’s combination of resources and articles offers insights and practical resources to help you equip yourself with the skill required in these disruptive times, as well as for the Future of Work. Looking for a powerful and free resource to help your team...
Throw Forward Thursday: The Ocean CleanUp Project
Our waterways and oceans are being polluted at unprecedented rates. But there are some glimmers of hope - one of those is The Ocean CleanUp Project, started by a young man, Boyan Slat. They've just announced that they've removed more than 200 tons of plastic from the...
Introducing Graeme Codrington’s Futures Club
Be disruption-proof starting TODAY and be prepared for whatever might happen next. Get ahead of the curve and shape your future by joining global futurist, Graeme Codrington, in a webinar this Thursday on "Thinking Like a Futurist." In today's rapidly changing world,...
5 for Friday – 14th April 2023
This week’s combination of resources and articles offers insights and practical resources to help you equip yourself with the skill required in these disruptive times, as well as for the Future of Work. This week we’ve shared insights from Buhle Dlamini, who is a...
Throw Forward Thursday: Learn to Think Like a Futurist
The mindset, skills and toolkit of a futurist are essential in every business these days. These will help you not merely to anticipate change, but to develop the strategic imagination and foresight that are necessary building blocks of adaptability, responsiveness to...
Be Who You Be: The Roadmap to Unleashing Your Greatness
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and Future of People expert Buhle Dlamini. My most requested presentation and my best-selling book is "Unleashing Your Greatness". I have shared this presentation on stages around the world and no matter how...