Seth Godin on the free-gap
In his daily blog entry today, Seth Godin provides an amazingly insightful analysis of what he calls the "free-gap". Many of us who produce intellectual capital for a living (authors, speakers, consultants, but also musicians, artists and the like) battle to find the...
10 recommendations for a 100% renewal future
The WWF in collaboration with Ecofys has created a brilliant report presenting a provocative scenario, set in 2050, of a world run entirely on renewable energy resulting in incredible global cost savings and improved standards of living. By 2050, we could get all the...
Technology’s influence on our performance in the new world of work – part 1
The illiterate if the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn Alvin Toffler I think Toffler's words are insightful and profound; and I agree with him. According to Donald Tapscott,author of Growing Up...
Technology's influence on our performance in the new world of work – part 1
The illiterate if the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn Alvin Toffler I think Toffler's words are insightful and profound; and I agree with him. According to Donald Tapscott,author of Growing Up...
Think Different – Five new scripts for competing in a world turned upside down
Script 1... The recent recession and financial crisis has been more than just an economic downturn, but a tipping point between the old and the new world of work. There is no going back and different times require a different script. This week a new post each day will...
The New World of Work – What does it look like?
The New World of Work. You can't go a week reading this Blog without reading the phrase once, twice and even thirty seven times. It's what we do at TomorrowToday. It's what we're about. We eat, read, sleep and do our best to capture and communicate all about the New...
Africa in the world: Corruption is not just a developing world issue
At the moment, I am engaged in some significant research that will hopefully turn into a book and presentation sometime mid 2012. I am looking at the potential of sub Saharan Africa in the next two decades, and identifying the reasons why this region is poised to be...
Africa in the world: Corruption is not just a developing world issue
At the moment, I am engaged in some significant research that will hopefully turn into a book and presentation sometime mid 2012. I am looking at the potential of sub Saharan Africa in the next two decades, and identifying the reasons why this region is poised to be...
Latest media – future trends, the Enneagram and a profile
Over the past few weeks, Dr Graeme Codrington has been featured in a number of media interviews and profiles. Here is a selection: “I’ve Got Your Number” - The Enneagram for Sales People, cover story in ThinkSales magazine, March-April 2011 editionThe Enneagram is a...
Latest media – future trends, the Enneagram and a profile
Over the past few weeks, Dr Graeme Codrington has been featured in a number of media interviews and profiles. Here is a selection: “I’ve Got Your Number” - The Enneagram for Sales People, cover story in ThinkSales magazine, March-April 2011 editionThe Enneagram is a...
Are we eating ourselves to death?
More and more individuals today are heavier than their moms or dads or even their grandparents at what time they were the same age. It might be realized that obesity is a worldwide problem and it is indeed a very serious concern. There are even those who deem it an...
How expensive should Kindle books be?
A simple question today: how expensive should an electronic book be? I don't mean books written for the e-book format; I am thinking of electronic versions of books originally published in either soft or hardcover. Should the electronic books be the same price as the...
How expensive should Kindle books be?
A simple question today: how expensive should an electronic book be? I don't mean books written for the e-book format; I am thinking of electronic versions of books originally published in either soft or hardcover. Should the electronic books be the same price as the...
Social buying takes flight… literally
A fantastic story in the FastCompany ezine today illustrates the tremendous potential of social buying. Groupon has already proved that using the power of the Internet to connect people with similar goals and desires together makes business sense. The company that...
Social buying takes flight… literally
A fantastic story in the FastCompany ezine today illustrates the tremendous potential of social buying. Groupon has already proved that using the power of the Internet to connect people with similar goals and desires together makes business sense. The company that...
Here There Be Dragons – HC SVNT DRACONES (#TBD)
HC SVNT DRACONES (hic sunt dracones) translated as Here are dragons, is part of the legend that early sailors would mark their maps with this latin phrase to indicate unexplored or dangerous territory. Roman and Medieval map makers used HIC SVNT LEONES translated...
One last word on Hyundai
For those of you who read my Blog post at www.tomorrowtoday.co.za written on the 22 April on customer service, which referred specifically to my experience buying an ix35 from Hyundai, I thought I would provide you with an update three weeks on. For those of you who...
The Future of the Organisation: A Compelling Vision
In their book, The Individualized Corporation[1], Sumantra Ghoshal[2]and ChristopherA. Bartlett[3] (Random House, 2000) (Buy it at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com) present an alternative view of what the future of the organisation might be. Their intent is not to provide a...
Which countries the young and the educated want to go
Here's a great InfoGraphic from Good, around some research done by Gallup that tracks the movement of young people with and without education.It raises some important questions for countries included in the study, and for those that aren't. In a world in which young...
The Big Shift – in how companies deal with information
I was recently sent a review of the 2010 book, "The Power of Pull", by John Hagel III (buy now at Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com or Kalahari.net). I believe he collaborated with John Seely Brown and Lang Davison. I have not yet read the book, but the reviews online and...