Can social technology improve employee productivity?
In a recent article in the Harvard Business Review James Manyika, Michael Chui, and Hugo Sarrazin presented some insightful research that identified that some of our best employees are spending ”28% of their workdays answering, writing, or responding to email. They also spend another 19% of the time trying to track down information (including searching through their […]
From Russia with Love: Pilgrim or Tourist?
This week I will be in Moscow doing a day on ‘Leading Diversity’ as part of a leadership programme for Boehringer Ingelheim- one of the top twenty international pharmaceutical companies. I have been fortunate enough to have been to Russia on several occasions for...
Social media ‘useful for customer service’
I was recently interviewed by Adfero, the UK's leading dedicated online news provider, on how companies will utilise technologies like social media to improve their customer service and target their marketing better in the coming years. You can read the full...
Do you get Why? How millenial are you?
Here is a short check list: How much television do you watch? How often do you play video games? Do you wear a watch? Do you have a landline in your house (or just a cell phone)? Do you speak on the phone or use instant or text messaging more? How do you use social...
On Leadership: Regretfully…
We all live with a few regrets, or so a survey that I read the other day would have us believe. But I think it would be true that there can be very few people who, in all honesty can say, “I don’t have any regrets” when it comes time to taking stock – whenever that...
A Generation in Transit, Generation Why?
A lot of attention is paid to a new kind of workplace. At TomorrowToday we often talk about a changing workplace and a changing workforce from various different angles, be it in leadership, new management styles, mentorship programmes or even how office space is (and...
11 Things Smart Leaders Know, Do and Live
Charlie Parker, a genius when it comes to the saxophone, once said, “Jazz comes from who you are, where you’ve been, what you’ve done. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.” Charlie was spot-on - at least when it comes to leadership… I wouldn’t know about...
11 Things Smart Leaders Know, Do and Live
Charlie Parker, a genius when it comes to the saxophone once said, “Jazz comes from who you are, where you’ve been, what you’ve done. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.” Charlie was spot-on: at least when it comes to leadership… I wouldn’t know about...
Secrets to Success in a New World of Work: High Tech, High Touch, High Trust
The world we live and work in has become increasingly complex in the past two decades. Rapid advances in technology, together with globalization and fast growth all combined to rewrite the rules of success, failure and organizational design. The result is that in...
Future-proof your Organisation: 4 things leaders need to know about tomorrow
“Change is the law of life.” So said John F Kennedy. He also said, “those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” The ability to change – or what can be referred to as ‘adaptive intelligence’ - is, I believe, the most important of all...
Future-proof your Organisation: 4 things leaders need to know about tomorrow
“Change is the law of life” - so said John F Kennedy and, “those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” The ability to change – or what can be referred to as ‘adaptive intelligence’ is I believe the most important of all leadership...
The Olympics as a Filtered Experience
Have you ever watched the Olympics on television outside your home country? The Olympics captivates every country on earth, especially the host nation where it is unexpectedly poignant, yet our experience of this global event is heavily filtered. Imagine a wall of TV...
When you strike Generation Y, you strike a rock
On the 9th August 1956 South African women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in order to protest against the Pass Laws (legislation that required Black African people to carry an identity book which gave them permission to live and work in 'white' areas). 20...
The Best Way to Develop Leaders Yet!
“I have done all the tests,” he said to me, “and the Enneagram is by far the best I have ever done. It really has made a difference in my life. Would you please come and do it for my team”. So came the request that sees me once again presenting an Enneagram workshop-...
Who owns that dumb corporate rule? No! Really? Why? Who made this rule up?
One blog from Seth Godin stands out for me as being a diamond amongst gems. It was written in 2009 and in it he asks the question: who owns that rule? Seth says: "Every rule needs to be associated with one and only one person who is willing to stand up for it and...
The Best Way to Develop Leaders Yet!
“I have done all the tests,” he said to me, “and the Enneagram is by far the best I have ever done. It really has made a difference in my life. Would you please come and do it for my team”. So came the request that sees me once again presenting an Enneagram workshop-...
Seeing Beneath the Surface: Innovation and Leadership
These days there is a lot said and written about the need to innovate. Companies are encouraged to innovate and the topic is now a natural part of most MBA’s and leadership education programmes - something that is slightly ironic as many of these programmes themselves...
What next for not-for-profits?
Not-for-Profits rely on trust. In an age when the reputation of the banking sector has been crushed and suspicion of corporates is high, customers are demanding ever-increasing transparency from organizations. Charities and social enterprises need to be above reproach...
Seeing Beneath the Surface: Innovation and Leadership
These days there is a lot said and written about the need to innovate. Companies are encouraged to innovate and the topic is now a natural part of most MBA’s and leadership education programmes. Something that is slightly ironic as many of these programmes themselves...
How To Think Like Generation Why
Why would you want to learn to think like a Millennial? Perhaps because you don't understand your children? Perhaps because you are a teacher and you have no idea to connect with them, discipline them, or inspire them to want to know more? Perhaps because you have...