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...
Why there is nothing wrong with Trump quitting the Paris Climate Agreement, in fact we should welcome it
"Announcing his decision from the White House Rose Garden, Mr Trump said the Paris accord was an example of an international deal that hurt the US economy, and that he was fulfilling his “America First” campaign pledge to help American workers," says the Financial...
What’s in the Future of Work Academy in June
Our June content for the Future of Work Academy is now live on the Academy's website. Here's a 6-minute overview from Graeme on what you can expect for the month. We have also reduced the monthly investment to the academy to be more in line with purchasing a business...
Tuesday Tip: What are Millennials looking for in their ideal work environment?
We hear about slides and fireman poles at Google, free food at LinkedIn, daycare facilities, and many other things that sound like they come from a Disneyland theme park not a focussed productive office environment. But, what do Millennials say they would like in...
Teenager dies as Audi and VW Group continually fall woefully short of Achieving Remarkable Things
George Cheese, 18, was "over the moon" when he got the position as an apprentice at an Audi car dealership in Reading, UK, but soon started coming home covered in bruises and had multiple holes burned into his clothes, says The Telegraph and Guardian. Sadly around...
10 Principles for Leading the Next Industrial Revolution
S+B is one of our favourite resources at TomorrowToday. This is one of their best pieces in recent months, nicely summarised in a great graphic: The article that explains each of these ten points is pure gold. Read it here. Each one of these ten aspects of business...
Cybercrime is real – Don’t be a victim…. a few practical considerations
The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks have pushed cybersecurity to the forefront of people’s and organisation’s awareness and concerns, again. For many of us who weren’t affected it sounds like an inconvenience, but also like one of those things that impact other...
A Conversation – Ongoing Learning
A conversation on how to sustain learning… So tell me why you think learning is so important, I mean it is not like I don’t have enough to do right now? I’m part of this TomorrowToday Future of Work Academy and to be honest, there’s a lot of resources in there…how do...
Tuesday Tip: 6 Areas for Maintaining Career Relevance in an age of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
It has been said that over the next decade up to one third of today’s jobs will be handed over to robotics, AI, and other digital developments. There are many reasons for these changes but predominantly they will be based on higher levels of efficiency and more...