The Future is Changing: Bill Gates on the Next 15 Years
The world is going to change more in the next 15 years than the last 50 combined. Considering how much the world has changed in the last half century, that's quite a bold claim. Nevertheless, more and more indicators are pointing to this being a reality. And more and...
Five ways that artificial intelligence is influencing your life today
When we think about Artificial Intelligence we see robots and science-fiction where computers take over the world and humanity ends up in subjugation. The reality today is that we have artificial intelligence assisting us in many parts of all of our lives with more...
Beyond titles and tag-lines: Bringing out the best in your team
It is an idea so simple, a suggestion so commonplace, it is hard to believe it can be something so overlooked or neglected. In their book ‘Organisations’ authors Bryan Bonner and Alexander Bolinger write about how to get the best out of a team formed to take on a...
Who wants to be part of my omni-channel customer experience?
I have mentioned Richard Stacey before - he was one of the people who speaks the most sense in the world about social media. He can verge on being grumpy about it, but he never fails to accurately and precisely dissect the vast mass of b-s that is growing up around...
The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory
The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory’ is a Chinese proverb that I recently stumbled upon and is one that I believe captures an important point for leaders. It is a good reminder to leaders for two specific reasons: Firstly, as a leader you will...
The Future of Work
The disruptive forces shaping the future workplace and workforce
Life-Logging – A top ten emerging technology for 2015
Steve Mann graduated from MIT in 1994 and began wearing a wireless camera that recorded images of the world, from his Point of View (POV) and displayed them online. The now professor at Toronto University has been campaigning for wearable technology as a human right....
Uncertainty: The new uncomfortable terrain for leaders
Smart leaders know that things are shifting. Shifting rapidly. Actually, I don’t think that you need to be all that smart as a leader to know this! The full impact and messy reality of globalisation, intertwined economies, scary fundamentalism, clashing agendas,...
Because I’m awesome: A Gen Y perspective
Sitting at my regular coffee shop recently (some enviously refer to it as ‘my office’) I overheard the manager interviewing a young man (he must have been around 18) who was obviously looking for a job. After the usual back-and-forth that didn’t deviate from the...
Bringing data to life – Importance of Storytelling and Data
I was invited to work yesterday with one of my favourite partners; the London Business School and present to one of their clients, a large international Telecoms company. The presentation I gave is called Herding Cats and it explores the new world of customer loyalty...
Three Critical Things You Need to Focus On in 2015
Many people and businesses focus on the wrong things. What will your business be measuring in 2015? If your focus is on your competitors, your market share and internal efficiencies you may miss significant changes coming your way. In a time of disruptive change you...
The pursuit of Meaning
The great Greek philosophers put the meaning of life over everything else - from which all doing would draw value and utility. For businesses, value and meaning were once simple concepts, contained in the practical aspects of a product. A formula where function and...
A Hitchhikers Guide to Leadership
“Have your article in by close of play tomorrow” I was abruptly informed and thus another deadline monster comes menacingly to life. What to write? How can I attempt to add value to your life as a leader? What is it you need to hear….want to hear? Well, when it comes...
Say “Whazzup” to Gen Z: Digital Natives 2.0
The digital natives are made up of two broad groups, Generation Y who are largely under-30, and Generation Z who are under-16. Much has been written about Gen Y digital natives. This article is a preemptive move to describe Gen Z. They are still emerging, so the clear...
Six Things you need to know about Leadership Development
As TomorrowToday we have the privilege to both design and participate in Leadership Development Programmes (LDPs) throughout the world. We work internationally with some of fineness business schools and blue-chip multi-nationals in this arena. We have seen a great...
Deep Games – Video Games for Grown Ups
Imagine a game where there are no evil monsters, deranged zombies or blood sucking aliens, no high-calibre weapons and most surprisingly no scorekeeping of any sort. Rather the game is an allegorical adventure that explores how we might understand and integrate past...
Live and in person!…It’s ‘Generational Bias!!’
About this time last year I wrote how we should aim to give back to others, not just in the form of a charitable monetary donation, with our time and expertise. So my first blog for 2015 begins with a small confession…I don’t always practice what I teach! While I am...
Recent media mentions
Our team has recently been mentioned in a number of press releases and media items. Here's a brief roundup if you're interested in what we get up to: Graeme Codrington spoke about Understanding Different Generations at a number of events hosted by Rickard Keen in...
Valedictory Speech 2014 for 13 year olds
I was asked to give a short speech at my daughter's valedictory Leaver's Dinner at the end of her Junior School year. Here is an edited version of what I said (I sprinkled this with some personal stories, humour and local references): To the graduating class of St...
Will Millennials Ever be Able to Retire?
The world of work and retirement is changing at a rapid rate. Current retirees usually had the experience of starting a job just out of university or after completing a trade, and staying there for the best part of 40 years. There may have been one move between...