Now it gets interesting – music industry, file sharing, Lily Allen and Dan Bull
For a while now, we've been using the music industry as an example of an industry that has not understood the radical shifts taking place in the new world of work. Our new presentation, After Shock, focuses on the five drivers of disruptive change every industry needs...
A Talent Exodus ahead? Surviving the upturn
I am becoming increasingly concerned for my top corporate clients. As we rumble past the bottom of the business cycle and begin the long upwards climb towards recovery, many companies are starting to congratulate themselves. "Well done, we survived a Great Recession"....
UK retirement age stays at 65 (for now)
For a few years now, we have been predicting that the Baby Boomer generation (born after World War II, into the 1950s and 60s) will not retire. In fact, we think we're quite clever when we say they'll more likely re-tyre. We've even developed a presentation on the...
From Hawaii: What Survives?
Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten (Skinner). The real test of any educational programme can only be truly tested after a significant period of time. This makes a mockery of the way in which the majority of executive educational...
12 ideas that’ll have you thinking a little differently
I picked this link up off of Twitter (@tomorrowtodayza if you'd like to follow us). It's from Wired and it's a list of 12 counter-cultural ideas from various 'experts' in a variety of fields. If anything else it'll certainly have you thinking differently for a little...
12 ideas that'll have you thinking a little differently
I picked this link up off of Twitter (@tomorrowtodayza if you'd like to follow us). It's from Wired and it's a list of 12 counter-cultural ideas from various 'experts' in a variety of fields. If anything else it'll certainly have you thinking differently for a little...
Complex Diversity even in Paradise
My current visit to the Asia Pacific Leadership Program is the eighth time I have had the privilege to visit Hawaii and experience the 'aloha' spirit. The traditional aloha greeting, goes far beyond the simple 'hello'. The traditional greeting would involve a touching...
The emergence of Neuromarketing
Traditional market research has it's limitations when one considers the influence of the 'observer' on the 'observed' when attempting to understand people's true thoughts and feelings on the product/brand/service being researched. If we could just get into their heads...
Proof we had a Billboard
At the beginning of September I wrote of the billboard we got through a barter with INM Outdoor. Edward's comment made me smile as he asked what we were doing with 'old technology' being a company that explores an emerging world of possibilities? Other than the fact...
Oprah and Supply Chains
We all know about Oprah's ability to significantly impact sales. In both directions. She loves it, we love it and we buy it. She hates it, we hate it and don't ever buy it. It's one of the reason's, I suppose, that her business is as large as it is? Started as a...
Mom’s are big
Every now and then I discover thoughts from marketing experts exploring the value of women between 35-55 and in this example mom's. Their research and observations remind the marketplace of the value of the people who match the criteria of these segments, and how...
Mom's are big
Every now and then I discover thoughts from marketing experts exploring the value of women between 35-55 and in this example mom's. Their research and observations remind the marketplace of the value of the people who match the criteria of these segments, and how...
Pursuing the ‘Better Way’
There is always a 'better way' to do things. It is a mindset. What often serves as a roadblock in pursuing a 'better way' are the default setting within our organisations. Default settings dictate how we operate as a system and are learnt behaviours to secure reward,...
Conferences of the future – more online / more connecting
New and ever improving telecommunication technologies have improved how we communicate. From the first telegrams to virtual reality holographic conference rooms, we've come a long way. The key now is not so much the technology (we have the technical ability to put a...
HBR: Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation
Last week, The Harvard Business Review issued a new white paper illustrating that sustainability strategies are not a bottom line drain to business, but the most effective way to create competitive advantage moving forward. The authors, Ram Nidumolu, C.K. Prahalad and...
Viva Themes – They rock
It's often really easy to moan about bad service and poor customer facing performance. But when good things happen I often make the note, but never 'post it'. As many will know we're currently embarking on a re-branding exercise. No easy feat for a small business. At...
Loving Gen Y
Lindsey Pollack give 5 reasons why she loves Gen Y: They bring up things that never occur to her, are just tech-ier; understand personal branding; not really into the 9 to 5 and have phenomenal energy. You can read why Lindsey loves her Gen Y assistant below or follow...
Lessons from the Titanic
"Today the balance of advantage may be shifting...Governments have been rescuing companies they consider too big to fail... The recession is squeezing out smaller and less well-connected firms" says the The Economist in their leading article this week, titled "Big is...
Online video training on saving energy and saving money
For some years now, we've been tracking the issues related to climate change, global warming and the business case for sustainability. We are convinced that these issues are critical for businesses everywhere - not as a nice to have, but for very good business...
The Proof is in the People
We in TomorrowToday have been saying for a long time that the biggest global strategic challenge is what has been called the, 'war for talent' - or what is essentially the attraction and retention of talent. There has been some earlier research on this but a recent...