How to be a learning organization that provides meaningful leadership development for the future of work
Some years ago I asked a friend who was responsible for some of the most successful TV adverts in South Africa – she was the advertising agency’s account manager for a fast food brand – what made the adverts so successful. “That’s easy” she said, “the client leaves me...
Are you ready to catch the next wave of innovation? (Part 2)
According to Bloomberg, a financial data and media company, by late 2015 global corporations held over $15 trillion in cash and cash equivalents - a staggering fourfold increase over the previous ten years. “The Cannibalised Company”, a special report by Reuters news...
TomorrowTrends Podcast: Episode 12 – In conversation with Keith and Graeme
In this Podcast Keith and Graeme discuss:
* Beyond disruptive trends – joining the dots to new business models
* Disrupting leadership development
* Virtual reality starts to get real
* Book review: The 100 year life by Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton
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Tuesday Tip: Three simple ways to get more from your business reading
In the video, I share three key ways for you to get more out of your business reading. Audible - listen to your books if you can’t read, or battle to read. And listen to them speeded up to get through them faster. http://www.audible.com - the first month is free,...
Habits & what’s on in the Future of Work Academy in July
There is no shortage of helpful information available these days to help you succeed in the future of work. The Economist and Harvard Business Review provide excellent content along with numerous other institutions and publications for anyone keen on sharpening their...
Are you ready to catch the next innovation wave? (Part 1)
Innovation can be viewed as a process involving a series of discrete break-through inventions followed by incremental improvements which eventually leverage the full potential of the initial invention. It goes like this: Entrepreneurial start-ups experiment...
Tuesday Tip: You will not retire like your parents and grandparents. Are you ready for change?
This post first appeared on the Refirement Network's website. Be sure to visit the Refirement Network for more great articles. Lynda Smith is a partner of TomorrowToday - please feel free to contact us if you wish to book her for an upcoming event. The world is a...
Six Values 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...
Geek out or freak out: the largest US voter data leak of all time exposed
This past week, it has come to light that the data analytics used by the Republican Party during last year's Presidential campaign, were improperly stored in a cloud service, and the data has been exposed for an unknown period of time. Simply put, the personal details...
HR Executives: Preparing the Organisation of the New World of Work
What does the modern HR executive need to have on their radar in order to prepare their business for the new world of work? This article doesn’t pull its punches, and in places is consciously “up your nose”. For too long HR has been typified by complacency and...
Tuesday Tip: Talent in a Multi-Generational Digital Workplace
When I travel and speak to clients about their people experiences the following phrases are often used to describe Millennials and the younger workforce. They are uncommitted, entitled, nose stuck to screens, disengaged, lack loyalty, money chasing job-hoppers. On the...
Got an great business idea, pitch it in sub-zero water
I'm working in Finland this week for a leading business school and their client a food and wellness company, and came across Polar Bear Pitching, Finland's take on the BBC's Dragon's Den. Imagine standing on a thick ice pack, you are shivering standing in nothing but...
Barack Obama: Quester Leader of the Week
"While Mr. Trump has left Europeans despairing about the trans-Atlantic relationship, lectures his fellow leaders about paying more for NATO and ignores their pleas not to pull out of the Paris climate accord, Mr. Obama appears on panels with allies to discuss issues...
Hiring soon: The top six Executive jobs of the near future
Anne Watson, writing in the UK's Management Today newspaper, suggested yesterday that five new executive functions will soon find their way onto the Boards and Executive teams of large organisations. I agree and would add a sixth. CHIEF AUTOMATION OFFICER (CAO) At...
The Importance of Perspective in Leadership
“Perspective is what enables each of us to transform the sum of our days into an epic journey. And it’s what improves our chances of together making the twenty-first century humanity’s best.” says Ian Goldin, ex-professor of global development at Oxford University,...
We used to think big. Here’s why we need to again
We used to think big and have grand visions. It wasn’t that long ago that high-risk, big dream projects were the norm. In the 60’s and 70’s the Apollo programme brought humanity together and Project Mohole, an ambitious attempt to drill to the centre of the earth,...
Sleepwalking Through Leadership: Neglecting Story
Margaret Wheatley has said that leadership is the simple act of stepping forward. Leading in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world – or what is commonly referred to as ‘VUCA’ requires a leadership response, unlike anything we have known in...
We live in a remarkable century, but there is a problem
This century should be rather remarkable. We have the potential to end disease and poverty. We might decode ageing and live forever-young. Through the ever-growing power of genetic technology and bioengineering we could revive extinct species like the woolly mammoth....
Tuesday Tip: Want to keep your best employees? 5 Customer Experience trends that need to be integrated into your Employee Experience activity.
If you want to be an employer of choice who is able to attract, recruit, and retain the top talent in your industry then you need to treat them the same way you treat your best customers…. These 5 areas need to migrate from the customer space into the employee...
Future Trends shaping manufacturing
Singularity University’s Exponential Manufacturing Summit was held in Boston last month. It profiled some amazing technologies that are poised to revolutionise the way we make things. The Singularity Hub blog summarised their top five technology breakthroughs from the...