Is AI driving the future of the stock market?
The Artificial Intelligence revolution is taking a new turn. Rather than trying to get machines to emulate people, today's AI researchers are devising a new raft of technologies that are decidedly not modelled on human intelligence. Normally when we think about AI we...
Space Junk – a very real future problem
A growing problem is pollution in space. Not only is the junk itself an issue - even more concerning is that no-one seems to want to clean it up, and no-one is taking responsibility for it. This could have catastropic consequences in our lifetimes. Read about this...
Three key future trends in retail
I was asked to contribute to an article on the future of retail. My task was to think of the three key issues retailers should be thinking about for 3 to 5 years time. Here's what I submitted. But what do you think? TECHNOLOGY: Internet shopping will continue to grow...
25 Trends That Will Change the Way You Do Business
This is a post that my colleague Graeme Codrington @workforcetrends wrote on our sister blog site in 2007. I was searching for some information and found this an interesting read. Even though it was written over three years ago and pre the credit crisis it is amazing...
China is going green
I am very confident in my prediction that China will be considered to be the greenest nation in the world by the end of this decade. Too often, the "middle kingdom" is seen as a smoky dragon, intent on industrial domination at any cost. Yet, it doesn't take much...
The Games Golf Plays
I must be honest when I say that discussing the pros and cons of golf is not something I ever imagined I would do. In fact I am almost hoping that nobody I know reads this because they will think something peculiar has happened. For you see, I have always been a...
China is going green
I am very confident in my prediction that China will be considered to be the greenest nation in the world by the end of this decade. Too often, the "middle kingdom" is seen as a smoky dragon, intent on industrial domination at any cost. Yet, it doesn't take much...
Technology Free Night
I normally write my Thursday blog post on a Wednesday evening - with the TV on in the background, and checking Facebook, my RSS feeds and Twitter intermittently. This won’t be happening tonight though - Wednesday has been declared ‘Technology Free Night’ in our home,...
Making Change Happen, and Making It Stick
Strategy+Business from Booz & Co is one of my favourite newsletters and websites. They recently published an excellent article on how to manage change in turbulent times. Making Change Happen, and Making It Stick Five factors make the greatest difference in fostering...
Making Change Happen, and Making It Stick
Strategy+Business from Booz & Co is one of my favourite newsletters and websites. They recently published an excellent article on how to manage change in turbulent times - read it at their site or an extract below. Making Change Happen, and Making It Stick Five...
Social Media in Sales
Social technologies like twitter, foursquare, MXit, facebook and BBM represent the communication shift from physical to digital. Although this is becoming a well known fact most people are unsure where they stand and how this communication will affect their business....
What you might have missed over the holidays
While most people were away on holidays, the TomorrowToday team was busy blogging - throughout the Christmas and New Year holidays, we continued to scan the new world of work for news, reviews and signs of change. We can't help ourselves. When we relax and try and...
For Gen Y, God and work (amongst others) are a choice
The subject of this post doesn't seem, at first glance, to be a very paradigm shifting statement. In fact, it seems quite normal. Take a step back, go and find people in their 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's, and you'll discover that 'normal' has changed. And in the context...
Award winning Middle Eastern conference organiser
The Otherways International Research and Consultants Association is a French-based organisation focused on supporting and recognising small and medium sized businesses in Europe and the Middle East (the also have offices in Bahrain). They have annual awards that...
UK’s Bribery Act and taking the moral high ground
This past week, the UK government said that they were putting on hold the introduction of the UK Bribery Act, which would make it illegal for UK companies to offer bribes when dealing with foreign companies. The Act was due to be enacted in the next few weeks, but has...
The cost of women in the workplace
For the first time in social history women are more likely to be financially responsible for either themselves, their family or their extended family than ever before. Not just women, but mothers now make up two-thirds of primary or co-breadwinners in American...
What is really happening in the US?
This post is syndicated from blog contributor, Sir Jeremy Greenstock of Gatehouse Advisory Partners We have become so used to regarding the United States as the world's primary democratic, industrial and military power that it is hard for optimists not to assume that...
Are you the tallest amongst dwarfs or do you walk with giants?
Are you the best in your industry at the things that matter most to your customers, partners and staff? Have you benchmarked yourself against your competitors with the aim of leading the pack? This may sound like a lofty grand goal, and when you achieve it you may...
Detailed BUSINESS benefits of leveraging social media
The Mckinsey Quarterly has completed research on the measurable business benefits that companies are getting from leveraging social media and web 2.0, documented in the article The rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday This is a great piece of...
Book Summary: From Strategy to Execution
I was recently sent a summary of a 2008 book, "From Strategy to Execution: Turning Accelerated Global Change into Opportunity" by Daniel Pantaleo and Nirmal Pal (Springer). It is ridiculously expensive, but you can buy it now from Amazon.co.uk or Kalahari.net. I think...