Keeping Generations @ Work
Understanding and connecting with people older and younger than yourself We don’t all see the world in the same ways. In today’s world, we’re confronted all the time by diverse ways of thinking and acting. To be successful in engaging with other people, and to improve...
Reclaiming the Village: 4 Lessons from the San Bushmen
In his amazing book Future Primal, Louis Herman, a professor of political science at the University of Hawaii-West O’ahu, articulates how we should respond to our converging crisis of violent conflict, political corruption, and global ecological devastation. Herman’s...
Understanding the Gen Y Quarter-life Crisis and what all of it means for you
Quarter life is a stage that runs through a person’s twenties, and possibly into the very early thirties. Some academic writers have aligned it with Erik Erikson’s Intimacy vs Isolation stage in human development theory. Intimacy vs. isolation - This is the first...
Smaller difference and different reasons for buying
One of TomorrowToday's best associates is Markus Kramer. Until recently, Markus was Global Head of Branding at Aston Martin and before that worked for other luxury brands, including Harley Davidson. He is a true world expert on luxury brands, and the lessons all...
Smaller difference and different reasons for buying
One of TomorrowToday's best associates is Markus Kramer. Until recently, Markus was Global Head of Branding at Aston Martin and before that worked for other luxury brands, including Harley Davidson. He is a true world expert on luxury brands, and the lessons all...
Banks, small businesses and paying for what you don’t use
Earlier this week, I received a message from our business bankers in South Africa, informing me that they would be charging us for all credit facilities that we were not using. This baffled me. Then it irritated me. So, I decided to do something about. I started with...
China: “It’s not pretty but it’s the bloody reality”
I was listening to the head of a large multinational that have significant investments in China speak about the challenges and opportunities that is China. The one line that caught my attention? “It’s not pretty but it is the bloody reality”. That about sums it up for...
Consiglieres, astronauts and rocket science!
Consiglieres, astronauts and rocket science! Imagine a scenario where you are purchasing a house. It’s in a great neighbourhood with superb schools, with all the entertainment and service amenities close to hand. As you can imagine it’s in much demand and other...
On Leadership: The glory of uncertainty
Leaders have traditionally been conditioned to be certain. Conditioned to know the answer and instill confidence in leading the way forward. After all, isn't that exactly what good leadership is all about? Not necessarily. The problem with certainty is that it leaves...
Surprising ideas about the future from TED2014 speakers
At TED2014, the speakers and attendees were asked to think about the conference’s theme, "The Next Chapter" and then suggest what might radically change society, life, technology and the world in the next 30 years. Their insights may surprise you. "One of the things...
The greatest challenge facing the future of business, requires your attention now.
Peter Menzel, is an award winning photographer, takes photographs of people posing next to their possessions taken out of their home and piled high on the pavements. The pictures paint a vividly clear picture - we live in a Material World, also the name of his book....
What’s Your First Impression?
Its an old adage: You only get one chance to make a first impression. In the 21st century world, where your company’s reputation is fragile and customers fickle, you need to do everything you can do to create the best possible experience for your customers and...
On Leadership: Chiefs as thin as the rest
The San Bushmen have no ‘Chiefs’. Every Bushman is considered “chief” over himself – or herself. This is strange for those accustomed to a society governed by hierarchy. In the unique Bushman societal structure there was a balance between communalism and individuality...
How Generation X Ruined the World
This article originally appeared on vice.com (original on link below). Written by Theis Duelund How Generation X Ruined the World Reality Bites Screenshot via YouTube user thecultbox Hey, did you hear about the western Antarctic ice sheet? The melting there has...
How Generation X Ruined the World
This article originally appeared on vice.com (original on link below). Written by Theis Duelund How Generation X Ruined the World Reality Bites Screenshot via YouTube user thecultbox Hey, did you hear about the western Antarctic ice sheet? The melting there has...
Meaning & Measurement: The M&Ms of leadership
There are two important aspects that all leaders cannot afford to ignore: meaning and measurement. Both are in dire need of being rethought given the context in which we find ourselves. Meaning is not derived from work. It can be when your job is saving lives or the...
Meaning & Measurement: The M&Ms of leadership
There are two important aspects that all leaders cannot afford to ignore: meaning and measurement. Both are in dire need of being rethought given the context in which we find ourselves. Meaning is not derived from work. It can be when your job is saving lives or the...
Boomer purchases and Gen Y coolness – Get Boomers to spend by impressing their kids
I was recently in a conversation with a dealer principle in a motor dealership. He recounted how many of his sales people have a two stage process to the purchase of a car by a Baby Boomer. The Boomer comes into the showroom and is taken through all of the sales...
[Video] Behaviours and values are generational
Later today I am involved in an event where a number of young people are competing for a public speaking prize. I've been asked to do my talk on different generations, "Mind the Gap" as a 'warm up act' for this event. It's one of my favourite topics, and still the...
Leadership: The Glory of Getting Stuck
Momentum is important. It is important in sport, it is important in life. We are always encouraged to keep moving and ‘moving forward’ is the marketing tagline for one of Africa’s most prominent banks. Making progress, constant motion, pushing on…the refrain however...