5 for Friday – 26th January 2024
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 article, Buhle Dlamini identifies 5 key shifts...
Throw Forward Thursday: Measure and Reward Sleep
Come with me to January 2026, when a major company announces a new reward system for the senior Executives: part of your bonus depends on how well you sleep each night. That's right: we are going to measure your sleep and reward you if you do it well. The science is...
Navigating the Decade of Disruption: 5 Changes for the Future
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and Future of People expert Buhle Dlamini. As we move into 2024, it’s important for leaders to recognise the ways that things are changing and how these changes impact how we need to lead, do business and...
5 for Friday – 19th January 2024
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. • A reminder that Buhle will be in South Africa for...
Throw Forward Thursday: The Workplace in 2024
Welcome to the first "full on" week of the year and welcome to another year of significant shifts in the world of work. In this video, we look at the ten trends we believe will have the most impact on the workplace and the workforce in the year ahead. For more...
5 for Friday – 12th January 2024
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. • Buhle’s coming to South Africa in 2024 - book him now...
Throw Forward Thursday: What to expect in 2024
In the first episode of ThrowFordward Thursday in the new year, we apply our "Grey Elephants" framework to give you some scenarios for what might happen in the year ahead. The biggest question is not "what might happen", but rather "are you set up to take advantage of...
Embracing Who You Are Is Key
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and Future of People expert Buhle Dlamini. In Buhle Dlamini’s book, Unleashing Your Greatness, he shares the full story of how he learnt to embrace who he was. This was one of those defining moments, where...
Throw Forward Thursday: Review of 2023
This is our final ThrowForward Thursday for 2023, and I look back at the work I have done with 154 different client engagements. There are five big themes that have emerged during the year, and I am sure will continue into 2024: Generative AI Future Trends - TIDES -...
5 for Friday – 15th December 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. ● Building Resilient Teams for a Thriving 2024: Our...
Throw Forward Thursday: Oil-eating Microbes create Gold Hydrogen
A Texas based company, Cemvita, has proposed using microbes that eat oil and excrete Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide as a solution for both cleaning out oil wells and generating clean energy. This is the final episode of our future energy mini-series.TRANSCRIPT If you...
TEDx talk by Graeme Codrington: I am a futurist. You should be one too.
What do you do? A question we’ve all undoubtedly been asked. But when you’re a futurist, your answer to that question often gets you some odd looks and people definitely have questions about it… The thing is, when we explain precisely what a futurist actually is, this...
Building Resilient Teams for a Thriving 2024: Our Year-End Reflection
As the year winds down, many of us find our teams grappling with the cumulative stress and fatigue of the past months. It's a time when burnout can peak, just as we’re crossing the finish line. But as we turn our sights to the holidays, it’s crucial to remember: rest...
5 for Friday – 8th December 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. ● Graeme’s TEDx talk from a few weeks ago has finally been...
Throw Forward Thursday: Turning data visualisation into strategy and action
A different version of ThrowForward Thursday today, as I demonstrate an amazing tool at Oman’s Royal Academy of Management. This is a lesson in how to use data and turn it into something practical. Your organisation needs a Chief Data Analytics Officer, for...
Cultural Intelligence: It’s Essential for Success
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and Future of People expert Buhle Dlamini. Successful teams and organisations recognise that harnessing the full potential of diversity goes beyond merely bringing together a mix of different backgrounds. It...
5 for Friday – 1st December 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. • 4 questions to make leading and learning more effective...
Throw Forward Thursday: Ocean and Space Energy
We need new ways to generate energy - methods that don't damage and deplete the resources of our planet. In this episode, we look at two very interesting ideas: ocean thermal and space farm energy sources.TRANSCRIPT One of the defining problems of our age is energy....
Unconventional Leadership Lessons: What I’ve Learned From Kids
Today’s insights are brought to you by my colleague and leadership thinker, Keith Coats. When it comes to the world of leadership, the lessons that stick with us the most often come from unexpected places. There's a unique intrigue in the idea of learning...
5 for Friday – 24th November 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. • New Book by Graeme Codrington & Keith Coats:...