What horses can teach us about ourselves; and how we can apply this at work
I am a horsey person; and I come from a long line of horsey people. I ride as often as I can; and each time that I do I am inspired and amazed at the magnificence and humility of my horse. I often consider the fact that such a powerful animal concedes not only to let...
Let’s build a better world: Clem Sunter the futurist on Karl Marx the visionary
A few weeks ago, Clem Sunter, South Africa's most well known scenario planner, wrote a very interesting article for News24. It got me thinking, and I have come back to it again and again, so thought I'd share it with you. He argues that maybe Karl Marx had a point. He...
Let's build a better world: Clem Sunter the futurist on Karl Marx the visionary
A few weeks ago, Clem Sunter, South Africa's most well known scenario planner, wrote a very interesting article for News24. It got me thinking, and I have come back to it again and again, so thought I'd share it with you. He argues that maybe Karl Marx had a point. He...
Let’s build a better world: Clem Sunter the futurist on Karl Marx the visionary
A few weeks ago, Clem Sunter, South Africa's most well known scenario planner, wrote a very interesting article for News24. It got me thinking, and I have come back to it again and again, so thought I'd share it with you. He argues that maybe Karl Marx had a point. He...
Facebook highlights the new generation gap
Lucy Kellaway, a columnist in the Financial Times, wrote a brilliant piece some time ago about how older generations engage with social media, and why the battle to understand the value of Facebook. I think she has hit the nail on the head. It's not a technology...
Facebook highlights the new generation gap
Lucy Kellaway, a columnist in the Financial Times, wrote a brilliant piece some time ago about how older generations engage with social media, and why the battle to understand the value of Facebook. I think she has hit the nail on the head. It's not a technology...
Better events – for Generation Y
I spend two or three days a week at conferences and formal, large group meetings. And it's ever more obvious that this part of our business lives is out of date. Most of this is because events and conferences are not keeping up with the new expectations and demands of...
Better events – for Generation Y
I spend two or three days a week at conferences and formal, large group meetings. And it's ever more obvious that this part of our business lives is out of date. Most of this is because events and conferences are not keeping up with the new expectations and demands of...
Innovation and the Future Workforce: key trends for the decade ahead
We are currently living in an era of unprecedented change. It’s not just that technology has speeded up business cycles, or connected us into a pulsing 24-7 never-stop global community. It’s not even that stakeholders require instant responses in the midst of...
The best way I know of to connect in a connection economy.
I spent from 8 in the morning until 6 in the evening every day last week wallowing and delighting in an incredibly inspiring workshop on coaching using the Enneagram. For those of you who are not yet familiar with the Enneagram, very briefly it can be described as a...
Trust Cannot be Taught, it Can Only be Experienced
The popularity of the word "trust" is at an all time high. While I celebrate the wide spread appreciation for the significance of trust in business, it is important to recognize that trust cannot be learned through a book or an article, it can only be experienced. ...
How Beer Can Offer Insights into Gender Difference
Saffron Baggallay is head of our South African TomorrowToday Training company. She has great insights into the new world of work, and has written this very interesting piece on women and the beer market. It reminded me of how important it is to have a feminine...
How Beer Can Offer Insights into Gender Difference
I read a few months ago I came across a YouTube advert from Carlsberg Copenhagen which portrays their latest beer offering to the market - especially the female market, a beer called 'Copenhagen'. With the number of women who drink beer on the rise (in fact roughly...
The “C” in the new business SCRIPT stands for Collaboration
This article is third in a series of seven articles that TomorrowToday International Partner Dean van Leeuwen is writing for Motivated Magazine and; is based on our latest presentation and framework SCRIPTing your Future. For more information on booking one of our...
TomorrowToday has an Infographic
I'm not sure there can be anyone left on the planet who hasn't been exposed to an infographic? Wikipedia describes them as: Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex...
How the World Has Changed…
I am sitting in Hackney, London, writing this Blog, two days before it shall be published. Why, because on Friday when you read this I shall be on an airplane flying somewhere between Dublin, Amsterdam or Johannesburg (yup that's my route). I am working from my...
How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule
David Korten is an amazing thinker. His book, "The Great Turning" (Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com) is a remarkable vision of where we find ourselves in history, and what we should be doing in the next century. He, and a whole team of people, have now turned their...
How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule
David Korten is an amazing thinker. His book, "The Great Turning" (Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com) is a remarkable vision of where we find ourselves in history, and what we should be doing in the next century. He, and a whole team of people, have now turned their...
Where are the jobs you promised: Universities sued by Gen Y graduates
This is a story I should not have enjoyed. I have many friends and family in higher education, and many colleagues whom I respect and admire, including two who have founded colleges. I know it's a tough gig, and generally underpaid for the value it adds to society....
Where are the jobs you promised: Universities sued by Gen Y graduates
This is a story I should not have enjoyed. I have many friends and family in higher education, and many colleagues whom I respect and admire, including two who have founded colleges. I know it's a tough gig, and generally underpaid for the value it adds to society....