Two different approaches to Africa from the two big world powers
You cannot generalise about Africa. It's a big place, and you can find anything and everything you're looking for (and a lot you're not) there. But themes are emerging, nevertheless. And it seems as if China and America are choosing their paths into the "last...
The end of the line…
It's hardly earth shattering news, but a recent piece of research in New Zealand has indicated that as Generation Y are growing up and becoming home owners for the first time, they're simply not installing home phones. No landlines at home. It's obvious really, and I...
Lessons in disrupting your business: Lego goes gaming
At TomorrowToday we talk a lot about disruptive change, and we spend much of our time helping our clients develop corporate cultures that are able to handle disruptions. There is a negative side to disruptive change, and it's necessary to think and act in ways that...
The future isn’t what it used to be: Neither at work nor it seems, at home!
In the July-August issue of The Futurist (www.wfs.org) there was an interesting article on the shift from ‘smart houses’ to ‘networked houses’. Authors Chris Carbone and Kristin Nauth describe how tomorrow’s integrated, networked and aware home systems will forever...
Some important company annual returns and what they’re saying about the world economy
It's earnings reporting season in the USA right now, and some of the earnings being reported provide interesting insights into the way the recession in the US is interacting with other disruptive forces to change the world of work. Business Insider ran a feature on...
Disruptive Change – How to deal with it for future success [podcast]
Last Friday I was interviewed by Chris Cooper on his Voice America Business radio show. The show is now available in podcast format, for free. It's an hour long, and a great conversation about how we deal with disruptive change for future success. The show was...
Disruptive Change – How to deal with it for future success [podcast]
Last Friday I was interviewed by Chris Cooper on his Voice America Business radio show. The show is now available in podcast format, for free. It's an hour long, and a great conversation about how we deal with disruptive change for future success. The show was...
Banksters – the most recent crisis explained simply by The Economist
I'm a subscriber to The Economist. This week I am absolutely loving their cover on the banking crisis: "Banksters" is the one word title, with a wonderful image. This week has definitely been a bad one for banks, and Bob Diamond, disgraced ex-CEO of Barclays did...
Banksters – the most recent crisis explained simply by The Economist
I'm a subscriber to The Economist. This week I am absolutely loving their cover on the banking crisis: "Banksters" is the one word title, with a wonderful image. This week has definitely been a bad one for banks, and Bob Diamond, disgraced ex-CEO of Barclays did...
The Leader’s Role: To bring the future to life
I am often asked what it is TomorrowToday does. Some find the name intriguing or my title amusing (Director of Storytelling). "So what exactly does TomorrowToday do?" I am asked. My stock answer is, "we bring the future to life". Many leaders drive forward with their...
Africa’s Future: A glimpse of hope
Colourful, vibrant and alive with possibility. This was the WITS University graduation ceremony that I recently attended. There were responses both formal and informal that could best be described as, 'only in Africa'. There was joy, celebration, humour and a light...
The Leaders Role: To bring the future to life.
I am often asked what it is TomorrowToday does. Some find the name intriguing or my title amusing (Director of Storytelling). "So what exactly does TomorrowToday do?" I am asked. My stock answer is, "we bring the future to life". Many leaders drive forward with their...
10 predictions on the Future of Marketing
Recently TomorrowToday's International Partner Dean van Leeuwen was invited to participate as a panel member debating the future of marketing at IQPC's CMO Exchange held in London. Advances in mobile and smart technologies have fundamentally altered the way consumers...
Fire the Marketing Department | Thought-Provoking ideas
Fire the Marketing Department! Fire the Marketing Department! Fire the Marketing Department! Not because marketing is superfluous, nor because the marketers you employ are inept (most marketers work hard performing tasks with passion and conviction - you want to keep...
Infographic: Is Mobile the Future of Marketing?
It took radio 38 years to reach 50 Million users. TV took 13 years and the Internet took 4 years to reach the same figure. However, it only took the iPhone 2 years to reach the same figure. In 2011 around $1 Billion was spent in mobile advertising, analysts expect it...
Leadership is a Conversation, at Least it Should be!
Traditional corporate communication needs an overhaul. It needs to become less about corporate tone and messaging and more about dynamic and engaging communications. More over it needs to be conversational. I got goose bumps as I read Leadership Is a Conversation...
What next for Rewards? Exploring the future of Loyalty Programmes
Is loyalty a thing of the past? Generations X and Y are naturally less loyal, believing in instant gratification. At most, these generations are concept loyal, not brand loyal, and they have grown up cynical and jaded by the attempts from companies to woo them with...
Visualising the retirement age crisis around the world
Most countries in the world are in the process of gradually pushing up their retirement age. France's new President is doing the opposite right now, but that won't last and the French will soon have to increase retirement age once again. There is no country in the...
Women and Mentorship Programmes
'Women in Leadership' has probably been a focus of discussion for decades and no doubt it has looked different in different eras through out history. However, I think that now, in the new world of work, more than ever that the consideration of 'Women in Leadership'...
Forecasts for the next 25 years
A few of our team are members of the World Futures Society, an association bringing together the world's leading thinkers about future trends. One of the key resources produced by the WFS is a journal and a regular set of updates that aggregate the various scenarios...