Africa's new number one economy
Six of the world's top ten fastest growing economies over the past decade are in sub Saharan Africa. The country of my birth and my heart, South Africa, is not one of them. This is a travesty, and a direct comment on the policies that the last ten governments or so...
Apple just entered your market (Healthcare, I’m talking to you)
For the last few years, our team has enjoyed asking our clients a hypothetical question: "What would the impact be if Apple/Google/Facebook announced today that it was entering your market?". To be honest, I think it should be a thought that strikes fear into all...
Apple just entered your market (Healthcare, I’m talking to you)
For the last few years, our team has enjoyed asking our clients a hypothetical question: "What would the impact be if Apple/Google/Facebook announced today that it was entering your market?". To be honest, I think it should be a thought that strikes fear into all...
A Brave New World: But what about my kids?
The world that is emerging all around us is both exciting and scary in equal measure. Business, political and societal leaders are working hard to understand the implications of disruptive forces and shifting market conditions. But once we’ve put the business...
It really IS about your people – now, more than ever!
People are your most important asset! You know this, because your company's annual statements include this sentence every year. But do companies really believe this? They'd better. Most of the efficiencies your company is hoping to achieve in the next few years can...
Graeme Codrington, Richard Brandson, Keith Coats & Jo Malone talk on Stimulating Business Growth (Video)
A short video (2.33min) of interviews with internationally recognized business professionals, including Richard Brandson, Graeme Codrington, Jo Malone and Keith Coats who share their advice and insights. This video was put together...
Rewriting the Rules: understanding the era we’re living in
It’s easy to think that maybe all we need to do to survive this crazy world we live in is just grit our teeth a little bit longer and wait for sanity to return. The madness of the election cycle will soon be over, and a new parliament installed (you will have your own...
Rewriting the Rules: understanding the era we’re living in
It’s easy to think that maybe all we need to do to survive this crazy world we live in is just grit our teeth a little bit longer and wait for sanity to return. The madness of the election cycle will soon be over, and a new parliament installed (you will have your own...
47% of knowledge jobs are in “High Danger” of being automated by AI and ML algorithms
Within the next decade or two 47 percent of job categories for knowledge workers, that includes: accountancy, legal work, technical writing and a lot of other white-collar professions - could be automated says the findings of a report by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael...
WHERE to look to see the future
Our team at TomorrowToday often presents on future trends and the disruptive forces shaping the world. Our content comes from our ongoing research and analysis, backed up by a full-time research team spread across the world. It's easy then for some participants in our...
Surfing the TIDES of Change
One of the central frameworks we work with in TomorrowToday is TIDES where we use this acronym to consider the main change disruptors to be considered in the modern world. The acronym stands for: T - Technology I - Institutional shifts D - Demographics E -...
Surfing the TIDES of Change
One of the central frameworks we work with in TomorrowToday is TIDES where we use this acronym to consider the main change disruptors to be considered in the modern world. The acronym stands for: T - Technology I - Institutional shifts D - Demographics E -...
What the UK storms can teach leaders about gaining advantage from disruptive forces
We are living in unprecedented times. The storms lashing the UK coast are the worst in living memory and the costs to the economy are in the region of £14b and growing as the weatherman reports two additional storms approaching. The calamitous disruption to business,...
Surfing the TIDES of Change – part 1
An introduction to a three part series looking at harnessing the power of the TIDES of change. The video considers the parallels with surfing and how we can use the surfing analogy and metaphor to "Surf the TIDES of Change". When we are confronted by ocean tides we...
3D printing rapidly approaching tipping point
We've been watching and tracking the implications of 3D printers and a disruptive force and innovation for over five years now. We've observed many exciting developments from the work of Behrokh Khoshnevis, a professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the...
[Video] Keith presenting TIDES of Change
We live in turbulent times – that much is obvious. We are living at a moment in history when all the forces of change are combining to produce an era-changing period. The political, corporate, social and personal rules for success and failure are all being...
[Video] Keith presenting TIDES of Change
We live in turbulent times – that much is obvious. We are living at a moment in history when all the forces of change are combining to produce an era-changing period. The political, corporate, social and personal rules for success and failure are all being...
Your next step: Thinking like a Futurist in 2014
It is that time of year again when everyone is having their say about the likely trends that will dominate or surface during the course of 2014. Recent editions of Time, Fortune and the Economist have all run lead articles looking into the crystal ball of 2014. It is...
A Crystal Ball for Business: 9 Tips for Future Success
As another year dawns and we turn our eyes to 2014, it’s still clear that we are living and working in an era of extreme uncertainty. A global recession continues and is combining with significant disruptive forces in technology, politics, economics, corporate...
The Year of the Employee: Forbes’ predictions for 2014 talent, leadership and HR tech
Ian Turner, one of Duke CE's top MD's and leadership development programme experts gets credit for finding this interesting article and sending it on to me. There are some fascinating thoughts in Deloittes' predictions for 2014, published in Forbes, as they suggest...