Janus: A god for Leaders
Janus was the Roman god from whom we derive the name we give to the first month of the year – January. Janus was the god of beginnings and endings and was often found at the entrance of a building or home, in doorways or passages. At the outbreak of war or with the...
Articles by our team in the press
12 January 2017 - Graeme Codrington is featured in the latest CFO magazine, with an article based on the expert session he delivered at the Finance Indaba in 2016. Adapt or Die: Five survival lessons. Graeme's article on page 68.
When the computer says No, don’t blame the computer
On his blog today, Seth Godin deals with a topic close to my heart. We can't blame computers when they simply enact the rules we told them to. We can't blame our systems when things happen that make no sense or are counterproductive. In a world of systems, technology...
Back to school, but for what? Get an education, not a certificate.
Today, many young people in my home country, South Africa, and across the southern hemisphere, are back to school and have started a new year. This can be an emotive day for parents and young people alike, especially for those who are entering pivotal years at school...
Why a technology that won’t work is good news
It's technology silly season at the moment with CES (the Consumer Electronics Show) 2017 in full swing. This is where tech companies come to show off their latest gadgets, and all the world's tech journalists gather to salivate, and write up the easiest stories of the...
Take your broken heart, make it into ART, says Meryl Streep and she lambasted Donald Trump
Meryl Streep, an actress who has achieved remarkable things, "slammed Donald Trump, honoured her late friend Carrie Fisher and praised a room full of Hollywood "outsiders" while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globes" says Rolling Stones...
VIDEO: Generation X reflects on the Millennials
One of my favourite commencements speeches of this past year was presented at Grinnell College by British novelist, Zadie Smith. She reflects on what she, as a Gen Xer, was thinking and planning when she graduated College back in 1997. And now she provides sage...
Remarkable World? It does not feel that way.
There are very distinct signs that humankind has entered the dawn of a new golden age of technology, a new Age of Discovery, one that has the potential to have as great an impact as the Renaissance. And, yet for the vast majority of people,...
Remarkable World? It does not feel that way.
There are very distinct signs that humankind has entered the dawn of a new golden age of technology, a new Age of Discovery, one that has the potential to have as great an impact as the Renaissance. And, yet for the vast majority of people,...
Seven (important) Leadership Lessons from Santa
Let’s be honest, the fat guy in the red suit is one impressive leader! He never misses a beat, has expectations to meet that would cause even President Zuma to step-down and he gets reindeer to fly. Which reminds me: do you know why Rudolph and Prancer were not sold...
10 Leadership Lessons from Santa
Ho, Ho Ho…it’s that time of year again when the tinsel comes out, trees get decorated and dietary regimes along with turkeys get stuffed. The old guy with the impressive beard comes out from his reclusive lair to both delight and terrorize little people and of course...
TomorrowTrends Podcast : Episode 9 The 2016 Year in Review Special Edition
In this month’s podcast, hosted by Graeme Codrington,
* we take a look back at some of the most significant events of 2016
* we then hear from the TomorrowToday team as to what they expects for 2017
* we provide some personal reflections on living in a filter bubble and how we must change our thinking
* there’s a book review: Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow
* and finally we look to 2017 in FinTech and offer some key trends to watch
Duration: 54 minutes
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TomorrowTrends Podcast : Episode 9 The 2016 Year in Review Special Edition
In this month’s podcast, hosted by Graeme Codrington,
* we take a look back at some of the most significant events of 2016
* we then hear from the TomorrowToday team as to what they expects for 2017
* we provide some personal reflections on living in a filter bubble and how we must change our thinking
* there’s a book review: Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow
* and finally we look to 2017 in FinTech and offer some key trends to watch
Duration: 54 minutes
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Three Things Good Leaders Should Be Asking Santa
Looking for some leadership tips from Santa? Of course only good leaders get to ask Santa for anything, bad leaders’ Christmas stocking is likely to be empty! So what would a good leader want from Santa for the journey marked 2017? The leadership context is one of a...
Tuesday Tip: Fit bodies, fat minds
The Problem: Fit bodies, fat minds My team aren’t reading…which means we might not be learning! “My team aren’t reading and I fear that will impact on our ability and need to learn” said a CEO to me recently. It is a legitimate concern when one understands the...
The Times and Raconteur’s report on The Future CEO
In The Times newspaper in the UK, Raconteur published a superb insert on "The Future CEO", focusing on the future of leadership and senior leaders within organisations. It is an excellent read, and available for free download here: http://bit.ly/FutureCEOTimes The...
Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do
We know that the world we live in now is not just experiencing an increasing speed of change; it’s clear that change itself has changed. It’s now disruptive, exponential and turbulent, in every area of society from politics to economics, from our families to religions...
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Tuesday Tip: The Flipped Classroom [Video 1.53min]
One of the most exciting revolutions in education is called the flipped classroom. Up to now, whether it's been at school, or university, or in a training department - the expert, the lecturer has been the person who’s taken a significant chunk of time to impart...
Book Review: Leading in a Changing World
Many thanks to Deanne Earle from Change Through Action for this most recent book review on Graeme and Keith's Leading in a Changing World leadership book. A reminder that we are able to customize the books to include a foreword from your CEO or company for orders over...
The Cashless Bank of 2020
Ray was recently meeting a client at one of the large national banks local head office. While ordering a cappuccino from their coffee shop he was told that they don’t accept cash as payment. The bank's coffee shop only accepts cards and a form of digital currency for...