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...
TomorrowTrends Podcast : Episode 8 The FinTech revolution & the future of money
In this extended episode of nearly an hour, we focus attention on the issue of the future of money, the coming revolution of financial technologies and why we don’t change as quickly as we should.
What is a bitcoin and what can you use them for
Why we believe things are impossible and how we can overcome our unconscious bias
Book Review: Age of Discovery by Ian Goldin
Five frightening questions financial services should be asking about FinTech
Overview of TomorrowToday’s FinTech research and “future of money” services
Time: 57m:05s
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The Future of Casinos
Until a few weeks ago, the future of casinos had not been a topic of interest to me. I don't frequent casinos, and when I do go to a conference centre linked to a casino, my overwhelming feeling is of sadness seeing people sitting quietly in front of one-arm bandits...
Getting the measure of leadership development programmes
“Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten” is something that B.F. Skninner once said. One has only to apply that insight to one’s own ‘education’ to fully appreciate just how correct Skinner was in that assessment. Yet, given that...
Humans Need Not Apply (that includes you)
Automation is one of the most important themes in any discussion about the future of work. But just how much of our work can computers actually do. And excellent video was recently released which explores just this question, and supplies a scary answer: nearly all of...
Tuesday Tip: Learning to write…again.
The Problem: My team have stopped learning in ways that I think will impact on our ability to thrive into the future. We seem too content, too complacent and don’t seem willing to challenge ourselves with the learning mind-set and behaviours I know we will need to be...
Tuesday Tip: Learning to write…again.
The Problem: My team have stopped learning in ways that I think will impact on our ability to thrive into the future. We seem too content, too complacent and don’t seem willing to challenge ourselves with the learning mind-set and behaviours I know we will need to be...
How self-driving cars will change the world – much faster than you think
Yesterday, 20 October 2016, Tesla announced that all future versions of its cars would come standard with all the hardware required to make them completely autonomous vehicles. Legislation may still be catching up, and the software required to drive these cars still...
The Energy Revolution Gathers Pace – Here’s Proof It’s Real
Imagine a world powered by clean, ultra cheap energy. That world is fast becoming our reality. For those people who have been involved in energy issues for a while, and for companies where energy is a significant cost factor, this may seem like pie-in-the-sky idealism...