Your view of the future shapes your world today
Part of the research I did to complete my Doctorate of Business Administration was looking at the ways a leader's view of the future impacted their leadership style. It was very clear that the most successful leaders all seemed to share a more positive outlook on the...
Save the date – Raising Young Talent for the New World of Work
If you are a parent, teacher, school principal, employer or in HR, then this event is for you. Don’t miss Nikki Bush's Raising Young Talent for the New World of Work event on the 4th April 2017, at the Henley Business School in Johannesburg. Half the tickets for this...
Tuesday Tip: What to read
Last week’s Tuesday Tip talked about creating a reading culture in your team. We’ve had a few people contact us and ask us: WHAT should we be reading? Of course, that’s like asking, “How long is a piece of string?” It really does depend on who you are, where you are,...
Horse Play, Savvy Leadership
For over a decade, our team at TomorrowToday has worked with Carlene Bronner on her farm in the Midlands of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, to bring "Horse Play" to our coprorate clients. It involves getting a group of leaders to experience close-up encounters with some...
Why we need feminism at work
My oldest daughter turned 18 yesterday. I have two other teenage daughters and a wife. In fact, I am the only man in our household, and I love it. Mainly because I learn so much from being forced to see the world through the eyes of smart, brave and insightful women....
Webinar: How to Think Like a Futurist, 22 March 2017
In a world characterised by exponential change, disruptive technologies and growing complexity, it is clear that many of us need to develop a new set of skills related to strategic thinking and being future focused. Without these new skills we are in danger of being...
Leaders Must Have ‘Strategic Intelligence’
I am busy working with a client that is struggling to get innovation. They desperately want it, but are currently unable to let go of their existing corporate culture that completely squashes innovation. To succeed in the 21st century, most businesses need a...
Experiment more
Transcript If we live in times of deep disruptive change where what happened yesterday is unlikely to be repeated tomorrow, then one of the key things we have to do is to experiment more. Most organizations that I work with are focused on trying to get innovation....
Future-Fit Strategy: Do you have what it takes?
Strategy has often been confused with efficiency. If your ‘strategy’ is to be ‘efficient’ you have the wrong strategy. Efficiency is today nothing more than an organisational hygiene factor; when it comes to securing a competitive advantage, efficiency is necessary...
Savvy Leadership: Learning from Horses
As I write this I am once again in the Dargle area located in the picturesque Midlands of Kwa Zulu Natal. It is a place that when created surely must have brought a smile to the Creator; reflection of a job well done! It is a special place, made even more special by...
O2 Business 2017 Futurist Forecast
Earlier this year, we collaborated with O2 Business in the UK to produce a special report on technology trends impacting business - and especially enterprise IT - in 2017. The report is now available to the public. You can download a PDF copy here. The introduction to...
The future of cars (Geneva Motor Show)
One of our associates, Markus Kramer, is the ex-Marketing Director for Aston Martin and Harley Davidson. He is a superb speaker on what we can learn from and about luxury branding in the new world of work. He recently wrote an excellent article on the Future of Cars...
In the media: hospitality, engineering, finance – all looking to the future
Our team is often called upon for expert comment on the trends that are shaping the world around us. In the past few months, we've been featured in Hospitality News, the CFO magazine and Creamer Media's Engineering News. Read how each of these industries need to face...
Tuesday Tips: Do you see the benefit of the future of money yet?
The Problem: One of the challenges I face when discussing the future of money with people and audiences is a sense of inertia and lack of perspective on the imminence of the change. Money as we know it has been around for so long that it is difficult to...
Three reasons why This Remarkable Century Needs You
There are three reasons why you might want to invest 5-minutes reading this article: The world is at a crossroads, the outcome of this century will be determined over the next 2-3 decades and will depend on the action of people like you. Wouldn't it be nice to know...
The Connection Economy
Competitive Advantage - What matters most and how we got here Competitive advantage has always existed and understanding the evolution of what constitutes competitive advantage in today’s context, is important for any business. It may seem obvious and yet there are...
Tuesday Tip: Ordering your pizza via fax machine
About 25 years ago a young grad student at Stanford University was hungry. He wanted a pizza as he pulled an all-nighter. The internet was new and exciting in 1993 and he said: "oh, the web is great and what we really need to do is to be able to order pizza...
Two Books Every Leader Should Read
Book One: Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense By Jules Goddard & Tony Eccles The tag-line subtitle to this book is, ‘Why some organisations consistently outperform others’. – a title that no doubt will spark immediate interest in the casual passer-by. However it is...
Now is the time to achieving remarkable things, again
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has," said Margaret Mead a cultural anthropologist. TomorrowToday recently launched the Achieve Remarkable Things series of presentations...
Value – the FinTech litmus test
When we a transaction is conducted between two parties, the key to a positive response from each is their perception of the value transfer inherent in the transaction. Today that value is reflected by the amount of money that changes hands. Money, as we know it, is...