Old wives tales
Feed a cold, starve a fever Or is it starve a cold and feed a fever? It really doesn't matter, since both are wrong. Whether you’re burning up or nursing a cold, good, ample nutrition always aids in the healing process. Put butter on a burn Twaddle. This is silly...
TomorrowToday.biz Hometalk – Understanding the Beast
We are in the process of building a great company. Well that is how I feel anyway. As I have been thinking about TomorrowToday.biz I would like to share some thoughts concerning how we are configuring in the hope that they will foster understanding, create dialogue...
Nano – Quo vadis
Written by Pieter Geldenhuys and Manfred Paeper. (An abstract of the soon to be published article ‚Strategic Implications of Nanotechnology in South African Textile Manufacturing‛ in the South African Business Review) Everything we see around us is made up of...
Why should it be free?
The use of multiple connection points with consumers, and an understanding that consumers are now more savvy than ever and are much more active and discerning participants in the brand building relationship. A few examples have come to mind that will help us to think...
Gen X is approaching 35
The oldest Gen Xers are fast approaching 35 years of age. One outcome is that they're starting to find themselves being included in some influential forums inside of their workplaces, as they continue to challenge current structures, values, cultural norms, visions...
The first-last principle
If you’re responsible for the strategic direction of your business, then I’d like to suggest that you spend a little time memorizing it, because it’s possibly one of your biggest challenges. ‚But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be...
Changing the grip – The emerging challenge for leaders everywhere
What will be the next great shift in leadership? What will represent the next Rubicon for those in leadership? What will leadership 21C require? These are questions that would be easy to ignore especially if we find ourselves thriving in our current context. But we...
Defining the internet
The traditional viewpoint of describing the Internet is fundamentally that the Internet is a utility. Just as electricity and water are described as utilities, the Internet is seen as the new utility. The implication of a utility is that an organisation cannot survive...
A lesson in cellular biology
As a child, my mother led me to believe that if my ears glowed, someone, somewhere was talking about me. More recently though, I came across the real reason for red ears (which now makes me wonder about the validity of the tooth fairy). Though her theory was a little...
The girl next door won’t go to the movies
Industry Analysis from an Outsider, #3 � Movies This is the third in an ongoing series that takes the view of a complete outsider into certain industries. Without in any way even attempting to understand the operational constraints and the concepts within an...
If you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough
In an environment that worships innovation, too few companies have the guts to really do what it takes to generate new ideas. Unless a company is pushing the boundaries back, it won't be innovating. To push boundaries, requires experimentation, and that implies...
Forget the Taliban – Ban the tan
Introduction More and more companies are doing it. Just the other day I sat in a conference with one of South Africa’s multi-nationals and they were doing it. Chances are, if your company hasn’t started doing it, it’s going to start fairly soon. What is the...
Information symmetry in the era of transparency
The era of transparency is built on the invisible future. The only problem is - the invisible future is already here. We've said goodbye to our telephone answering machines. Now say goodbye to CDs, DVDs and phones. And what next? Welcome to the edge of the transparent...
Journal Entry #1, January 2004. Learning from Marcus Aurelius
For leaders everywhere there was a significant but subtle scene in the blockbuster movie, Gladiator, one that would have been easy to miss but from which we can learn a great deal. The scene has Emperor Marcus Aurelius, encamped with his troops in battle, sitting in...
With or without you – we’re moving on
I don’t know about you, but I can’t stop smiling at the South African Post Office’s current radio advertising campaign. If you haven’t heard any of them, then let me do my best to describe the gist of what they’re trying to say. (I’m sure Post Offices...
With or without you – we’re moving on
I don’t know about you, but I can’t stop smiling at the South African Post Office’s current radio advertising campaign. If you haven’t heard any of them, then let me do my best to describe the gist of what they’re trying to say. (I’m sure Post Offices...
From Russia with love – Kicking away the pillars
I am sitting in a little cafe looking out onto the main square in St.Petersburg, Russia. The snow is pilled up outside and the clear skies allude to a warmth that simply isn’t there. Not to this African at least! I am sitting in a little cafe looking out onto the...
Keeping your Bright Young Things
-bright Refreshingly different; full of passion; street smart; not easily fooled; ready for anything (rfa) -young Somewhere between 21 and 34 (more about mind than body) -thing There just isn’t an appropriate adjective to describe this world changing generation of...
Relearn to relate
The world is changing. We all know that. But what is it changing to? And who will have the competitive advantage in the next few years? Graeme Codrington, of TomorrowToday.biz, offers his view on how to outshine your competitors and really make your customers love...
Permission to innovate
One morning 2 weeks ago my daughter came down stairs dressed and ready for school with a very interesting design on top of her head. She had combined an alice-band with a scrunchie to be used with that days hair design. She proudly announced to all who would listen...