Seeing the Future – and it’s VR
VR – Virtual Reality will be the next generation’s Facebook. Just as 3-D printers are now starting to be serious disruptors, having moved from the ‘sci-fi’ edge, so too will that be the trajectory of VR. With the launch of the 2015-16 NBA season in America, the NBA...
Reverse Mentoring
One of the ways TomorrowToday has helped senior leaders to make a real connect with the young people in their teams is to suggest a concept of reverse mentoring. 'Reverse mentoring' is simple - you ask young people in your team to mentor the older people. What would...
What if, you create a culture where people believe they can make a difference? You could change the world.
What if, through the power of quest - Knowing your destination; inspired by the possibility of achieving the impossible; and, in doing so delivering meaningful benefits; we could empower people everywhere to have the courage and conviction to do their small bit or big...
The Future of Sex
The Internet of Things is the new industrial revolution. It's part of an era-shift taking place in history, driven by extraordinary computing power, unprecedented access to information, and a social web that connects us not only to each other, but also - eventually -...
How to study at MIT, Harvard, or Stanford for free
One of the macro trends in today's world is that people are living longer. This has a number of implications in a variety of areas, including our careers. When we lived into our 70’s or 80’s we ended up working for 30 or so years. If however, as the trends indicate,...
WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IS A WORLD WHERE CONSTANT ADAPTABILITY IS THE NORM?
“If you find what you do each day seems to have no link to any higher purpose, you probably want to rethink what you're doing.” says Ronald Heifetz, the Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and the leading global...
In Conversation with Graeme Codrington: Mind the generation gap
Recently, Graeme Codrington worked with Investec bank in South Africa to run a series of workshops for their private clients. The theme was about banking in the digital world, and Graeme's contribution was to help people to understand the generation gap between older...
“Nigger Lover”: Badge of Honour
Today’s viewpoint offers perspective on yesterday’s form. It doesn’t usually make for comfortable viewing. Looking back reveals past prejudices, biases and ‘truths’ that in the light of today, are revealed for what they are… wrongs, lies or for some, sin. In this...
H&M – What were you thinking?
H&M, the Swedish fashion retailer, have certainly made an inauspicious entry into the South African market. In fact it is hard to imagine how they could have messed things up more than they have in making their splash! Firstly they launch their brand using images...
Re-thinking ‘Gap Years’ & the Quarter-life crisis
Gap years are traditionally those brief periods of parental indulgence when we allow post-school adolescents to take a breather before we expect them to enter young-adulthood. With working life now lasting so much longer gap years are going to start coming up during...
Quests have advanced societies since the dawning of civilisation. What are the benefits of the leaders’ quest?
ESPN Coach of the Century Vince Lombardi said: “I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour – his greatest fulfilment to all he holds dear – is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he’s exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.” Here,...
See No Evil; Hear No Evil; Speak No Evil: 3 Trends that (might) Surprise
Demographics are a strange thing. They single a shift from the centre and if you are not paying attention, that shift can create an imbalance from which it is hard to recover. Demographic shifts are usually perceived as slow yet unexpected events can cause the shift...
Managing your children’s Internet access
One of the most common questions after I talk on technology is by parents asking “should I allow my children access to the internet and give them devices to connect with?” First of all - yes, absolutely! This is the future and we need our children to develop...
The rules for competitive advantage have shifted
Organisations wishing to thrive and gain competitive advantage over the next decades should focus on delivering meaningful benefits in a world that is struggling to sustain the growing demands of the 9.6 billion people that will inhabit our blue planet by the middle...
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Insights for Leaders
Four questions to ask when things aren’t going well. Recently I read of some ancient wisdom across many Shamanic societies that is used to treat depression, a sense of being discouraged or when disheartened. When those conditions prevail the ‘Medicine Man / Woman’ or...
Discover the secret to future proofing yourself from robotic replacement
It’s worth bearing in mind that the advances over this century in robotics and intelligent machine learning applications mean that many of the knowledge jobs once taken as being safe from automation are now under threat. If you want to future-proof yourself from...
How to get along with your Boomer boss!
One of the undoubted privileges that we have in TomorrowToday Global is to be invited to participate or to speak at numerous talent programs. These are programs that are filled with young people entering the workplace - highly qualified, very enthusiastic and eager to...
The Challenge with Giving Feedback
A friend of mine recently attended the Global Leadership Summit and was enthusiastically sharing with me an excellent talk she had heard about giving feedback. It sounded as though the talk had been tailored to the audience and had covered a lot of ground in a mere 30...
Leading in a Changing World
Leading in a Changing World uncovers what leaders need to know, do, and be in order to lead confidently and effectively into an uncertain and adaptive future. Leading in a Changing World explores and unpacks the changing world and leadership context, and provides key...
Leading in a Changing World
Leading in a Changing World uncovers what leaders need to know, do, and be in order to lead confidently and effectively into an uncertain and adaptive future. Leading in a Changing World explores and unpacks the changing world and leadership context, and provides key...