Does your killer business idea lurk amongst the stuff that sucks!?
The story of a company that grew from zero to $200 million in three years. As markets go, it would be difficult to identify an industry much more mundane and uninspiring than mattresses. It is dominated by two companies Tempur-Sealy and Serta Simmons Holdings. This...
Tuesday Tip: Simplify – 3 ways to deal with complexity
One of the best ways to help your team – and yourself – respond to an increasingly complex world is to simplify. Our organisations are programmed to respond to complexity by adding regulations, systems and processes. Think of the ways in which banks have been...
Cry me a River: Out of the fire into the frying pan…literally!
There was a hard to ignore story that appeared in the British press this week. It involved a team of Wiltshire fire fighters who rescued 18 piglets (and two grown sows) from a burning barn, only for the grateful owner to serve them up (to the fire-fighters) as pork...
Cry me a River: Out of the fire into the frying pan…literally!
There was a hard to ignore story that appeared in the British press this week. It involved a team of Wiltshire fire fighters who rescued 18 piglets (and two grown sows) from a burning barn, only for the grateful owner to serve them up (to the fire-fighters) as pork...
Innovation for Real
The keys to building a culture of innovation in your company and career
Tuesday Tip: {Creativity} – How to develop the 10 Skills You Need to Thrive in 2020
“Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.” - Sir Ken Robinson When thinking of those who are creative, you might automatically think of artists, writers, and musicians. In truth, creatives include all those...
Tuesday Tip: {Creativity} – How to develop the 10 Skills You Need to Thrive in 2020
“Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.” - Sir Ken Robinson When thinking of those who are creative, you might automatically think of artists, writers, and musicians. In truth, creatives include all those...
Great advances in science in 2017 (so far)
Futurism's website has provided a fantastic list of the 10 most important scientific advances and discoveries of 2017 (so far). At TomorrowToday we've been saying for some time that the pace of advances in science, technology, engineering, and medicine is going to be...
Cutting through the Bitcoin and Blockchain Hype
Part 1: How do they work? 2017 has seen an explosion in the growth and awareness of Bitcoin and Blockchain. Unfortunately, while many people have heard of the words few really grasp the concepts, and fewer still understand their business value. In 1989 Tim Berners Lee...
In the media: CNBC International and CFO Magazine
In the past month, Graeme Codrington has had two high profile media appearances. At London's Fleet Street studios of CNBC International, Graeme was interviewed by Carolin Roth on her Street Wise segment on 10 August. The second half of the five minute interview is...
Tuesday Tip: How to create a happier workplace
The Problem: My people are not staying, aren’t committed as they should be and don’t seem happy at work. What can I do to reverse these trends? The Solution: Give your people more freedom than you are comfortable with. If you are comfortable with the amount of...
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Maps of the Future: 10 skills you’ll need to thrive in 2020 and the technologies shaping the world [Infographics]
I received a two notifications from our network this past week of really good infographics on the future of work (PS, we rely on our network to send us this sort of information, so please don't be shy when you find something you think we'll like - send it!). The first...
7 Great steps and 7 Great achievements that arose from a wondering mind
After months of intense mathematical exercises, Albert Einstein decided to give himself a break from the work one night and let his imagination wander about the concepts of space and time, say Guenther Knoblich and Michael Oellinger in The Eureka Moment written for...
Why facts and logic are not enough to win your next big business pitch
Paul Cummins is a ceramic artist who lives in the city of Derby, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. He came across a poem written by an unknown fallen British soldier, it read: “The blood-swept lands and seas of red, where angels fear to tread.” Paul, who is...
Every person should read: Capitalism the Apple Way vs. Capitalism the Google Way
Whichever company’s vision wins out will shape the future of the economy Precursor to what is an absolutely essential read for the future The dilemma for the C-Suite at the helm as they look towards a rapidly changing future is this: Seek out promising new space to...
Tuesday Tip: 6 Ways to Future Proof yourself from Robotic Replacement
Studies by Oxford University suggest robotics and automation will replace 47% of knowledge worker jobs over the next two decades. So if you are not planning on retiring in the next ten to twenty years, and let’s face it with average lifespan on the up and pension pots...
Tuesday Tip: Eliminating ‘behind the back’ conversations that are killing your culture
The Problem: There is a culture within your team/organisation of gossip. Conversations are happening ‘offline’ and behind backs all of which is proving harmful – as it always is! You realise you need to check this behaviour and simply saying, “don’t do it” hasn’t...
A Cautionary Message to the Elderly
Reading of a Somerset couple’s disastrous attempt to replicate the famous Dirty Dancing move (the one where Patrick Swayze lifts Jennifer Grey above his head as she leaps into his arms) ended up with them both in hospital, got me thinking. It is worth pausing briefly...
How to learn new skills required for your success in the future of work
Watch the video below to discover the 5 key things you need to do in order to learn a new skill within 20 hours. Join our free community of like-minded, future-focused individuals developing their skills in order to understand what needs to be done in order to keep...
Why competitive advantage has shifted and the three driving forces changing everything
Three shifts are re-orchestrating many of the important components of competitive advantage, they require every leader's attention SHIFT 1: THE POWER of SOCIAL “Through this new technology, people are now empowered to express their grievances and to follow people they...