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...
Leading Difference Differently
Understanding the journey of different ‘from’ to different ‘for’. In the past, similarity worked. This was how the world worked. Teams, even entire organizations, worked based on people who were like you. It was easy; it felt comfortable. You began with a foundation...
Google’s Nine Principles for Innovation Can Be Used by Everyone
In his book on innovation, "Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation", Robert F. Brands, provides many examples of the practices that have led to cultures of innovation in a variety of different companies (see his book on Amazon.co.uk). One set of...
Your Leadership Style Might Need To Change: A case in point
The sports world news has been punctuated by stories of pending leadership changes in F1. Bernie Ecclestone is due to step down as the FI Chief and the McLaren team has just parted company with founder of the modern team, Ron Dennis. Both Ecclestone and Dennis have...
Your Leadership Style Might Need To Change: A case in point
The sports world news has been punctuated by stories of pending leadership changes in F1. Bernie Ecclestone is due to step down as the FI Chief and the McLaren team has just parted company with founder of the modern team, Ron Dennis. Both Ecclestone and Dennis have...
10 Top Tips to Keep Learning
An ‘adaptive challenge’ is defined as, ‘knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do’. In today global context leaders are increasingly facing more and more adaptive challenges. In an adaptive challenge learning becomes a fundamental ingredient in working towards...
How to change history
Gustavo Gutierrez once said, "Those who change the course of history are usually those who pose a new set of questions rather than those who offer solutions." Gutierrez, born in Lima in 1928, is a Peruvian Dominican priest who is regarded as the founder of Liberation...
How to change history
Gustavo Gutierrez once said, "Those who change the course of history are usually those who pose a new set of questions rather than those who offer solutions." Gutierrez, born in Lima in 1928, is a Peruvian Dominican priest who is regarded as the founder of Liberation...
Write drunk, edit sober…good advice for leaders?
"Write drunk, edit sober" is something Ernest Hemingway allegedly once said. I think it is good advice, except maybe for alcoholics! The kind of writing that tends to inspire me is writing that has passion, flow and somehow captures grand ideas in a way that imprints...
This computer will grow your food in the future: MegaQuests of the Future
MegaQuests of the 21st Century #1: Feeding 9.5 billion people sustainable and healthy food by 2050 Caleb Harper is an Urban Agricultural Quester who built a fully networked farm - each plant had its very own IP address - of tomatoes, lettuce, and broccoli...
Tuesday Tips: Leading diversity
The Problem: Leading diversity (difference) is amongst the most complex and difficult of all challenges that leaders face. How can you lead difference in such a way that the benefits of diversity can flourish? The Solution: Difference takes many forms - personal,...
Not Much Cheer This Week. Thank Goodness for John Lewis
One of the advertising highlights of the year has to be the release of the John Lewis Christmas advert. It announces the unofficial start of the festive season in the UK with a tear jerker, heart-warming ohhhh how cute moment that emotionally touches all ages and all...
Four Daily Habits for Smart, futurefit Leaders
The right leadership habits lead to the right leadership practices. It is a law of life general. There is a lot leaders are ‘told’ they should do in order to be effective leaders and the leadership ‘to do’ list becomes an endless range of activities that may or may...
Why Trump’s win holds so many important lesson for leaders
On the 20 July, the day the Republican Party nominated their president elect, I predicted that Donald Trump would win. Here is what I wrote: Donald Trump has a better than not chance of winning. Actually I'm going to predict that he will win. Not because he is a good...
Why Trump’s win holds so many important lesson for leaders
On the 20 July, the day the Republican Party nominated their president elect, I predicted that Donald Trump would win. Here is what I wrote: Donald Trump has a better than not chance of winning. Actually I'm going to predict that he will win. Not because he is a good...
Tuesday Tip: 3 Steps for delivering meaningfulness and creating competitive advantage
If your organisation suddenly disappeared would it leave a hole no one could fill or would customers respond saying what hole? Being efficient and effective no longer guarantees competitiveness, rather delivering meaningfulness does. Here are three steps that...
Tuesday Tip: 3 Steps for delivering meaningfulness and creating competitive advantage
If your organisation suddenly disappeared would it leave a hole no one could fill or would customers respond saying what hole? Being efficient and effective no longer guarantees competitiveness, rather delivering meaningfulness does. Here are three steps that...
Four things to get right if you want to ‘win the war’ with Gen Z
Gen Z (those born since 2000) is rapidly becoming your new market and will soon become the next generation knocking at the door of your company. They are unlike any previous generation because they have grown up in a world unlike any previous generation. Denying the...
Tuesday Tips: Working out what is relevant about FinTech for you and your business
One of the things we often hear from people who attend our presentations is: “I hear about 'stuff', but I don’t have the time to follow up… that is why I’m glad we booked you so you can cut through the noise and let us know what is relevant.” In Innovation Theory...
TomorrowToday Global Announces Official Launch of Compelling New FinTech Financial Services White Paper
Industry Specialists at TomorrowToday Global Unveil a Timely New White Paper Entitled “FinTech & the Digital Disruption of Financial Services” This hard-hitting new position paper, researched and created by a team of top multi-industry veterans, is a definitive...