Hearing God Thinking: Journeying Towards the New World of Work.
“In the beautiful complexity of a new universe that Einstein has shown us, I for one, have no doubt I can hear God thinking” – the words of Arthur Eddington, the British scientist, in the wake of him having proved Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Eddington’s...
Hearing God Thinking: Journeying Towards the New World of Work.
“In the beautiful complexity of a new universe that Einstein has shown us, I for one, have no doubt I can hear God thinking” – the words of Arthur Eddington, the British scientist, in the wake of him having proved Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Eddington’s...
Do you have ‘enemies within’ holding your organisation hostage and preventing you from achieving legendary status?
Too many organisations believe their biggest threats come from outside but actually the most pressing issues faced right now are internal. Many organisations have out-dated DNA and are not ‘future fit’ or ready for the rapidly changing world. Discover if your current...
Beware Leadership Colonialism: 5 ways to avoid it.
Over the past 10 years many companies have aggressively expanded their global footprint. If they haven’t, they are certainly thinking about it as the need to grow and create a presence in emerging markets becomes unavoidable. Many who have explored this route have...
The greatest fear in change
You may have seen the first video in our Future Fit Video Series (Leadership lessons for Adaptive Leaders). I've just uploaded the 17th video in the series for your viewing. The greatest fear in change. It's a quick 2.36min video, but Keith manages to gives the viewer...
Top 5 reads in the Future of Work (16 June 2015)
Here are the top five articles I read on the Future of Work this past week: Companies run by women perform better The fruitless search for extraordinary people willing to take ordinary jobs How Self-Driving Cars Could Radically Transform Cities Reinvent or die in a...
Top 5 Reads: The Future World of Work (12 June 2015)
My top 5 reads on the future world of work this past week have been the following: A bit of self promotion first: Our new book was launched this past week, "Leading in a Changing World". You can get the first chapter for free here. Seth Godin: Overcoming the...
Recording of our Live Google Hangout – Leading in a Changing World
TomorrowToday Global hosted a 'Leading in a Changing World' breakfast in Johannesburg on the 10th June 2015. The topic for conversation was 'Leading in a Changing World' and the team, consisting of Keith Coats, Graeme Codrington and Nick Barker, did a great job in...
You’re invited to our live Google Hangout – Leading in a Changing World
You are invited to 'Hangout' with us when Graeme Codrington and Keith Coats launch their new book and unpack 'Leading in a Changing World'. Space has been limited for the physical event where Graeme and Keith will be unpacking 'Leading in a Changing World'. We are...
The fruitless search for extraordinary people willing to take ordinary jobs – by Seth Godin
Seth Godin is one of very few unmissable daily reads for me. His blog is great. And today he absolutely nailed it. The fruitless search for extraordinary people willing to take ordinary jobs When I write about linchpins and people on a mission, I often hear from...
Top 5: This week in the Future of Work
Here are my five top reads of this past week. Each one this week is a classic. Take your time to go through these five - you won't regret it. A set of slides from a presentation: The Generationally Intelligent Leader Google's genius futurist has one theory that he...
The Freelance Economy is growing
Mary Meeker is sometimes called the "Internet Whisperer". She and her team do research into the ways in which we're using the Net, and their annual research reports are packed full of information and insights. You can see her 196 slide report here. One of the most...
Leading in a Changing World available on Kindle
The much anticipated leadership book, co-authored by two global leadership experts and founding members of TomorrowToday, Keith Coats and Graeme Codrington is now available on Amazon. You can purchase the book here on either Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com. Perhaps a bit...
The Top Jobs in 10 Years Might Not Be What You Expect – Our Input to FastCompany Future Forum
A few weeks ago, our team was asked to contribute to a Fast Company article on the future of work, part of a special future forum feature week. The final article is superb and well worth a read. Read it at Fast Company website with a number of additional text box and...
On Leadership and Learning
There is a lot of good leadership advice ‘out there’ and I have found that what tends to happen is the right insights find you rather than the other way around. In other words you may have come across some good leadership wisdom yet it remains ‘unseen’ because you are...
Effective Influence and Connection
Clients regularly ask for tips and tricks on how they can connect with, and influence, Digital Natives. The foundation of this need is that they see a demographic group who see the world so differently to them that they don’t know how to engage them effectively. My...
Top 5 Reads this week on The Future of Work (22 May 2015)
Here are the top 5 articles I read this past week on the forces shaping our world right now, and how we should respond to them: The four global forces breaking all the trends - McKinsey on: The world economy’s operating system is being rewritten. In this excerpt from...
An easy way for leaders to learn
It is said that a good or effective blog answers a relevant question. That being the case, here is a question every leader serious about being futurefit ought to be asking: How can I learn? Pause for a moment and think about leadership and learning. Many leaders are...
3 ways that Silicon Valley is showing the way to the New World of Work
One of the things that almost all of our clients agree on is the fact that the world is changing. They also agree that this change cannot be avoided, it needs to be engaged and embraced. They don't, however, always have a clear view as to what these changes may be....
The New Lemonade Stand – how to help your kids make piles of money (and what it means for your business and future)
For the last few months, I have spent many hours every week researching and writing a new book about the future of work and leadership (see advance information, including free download of chapter 1, here). In that time, I've seen some of the amazing changes coming...