Throw Forward Thursday: The end of Hotel Room Service (and a few things your company offers…)
Now that we can get food delivered to us from any restaurant to anywhere, we don't have to rely on the room service offered to us by the hotel we're staying in. OK... this isn't really a "future prediction" as it is a potential reality already. This week's "lesson...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of Antibiotics
Antibiotics changed our world 100 years ago, probably adding about 20 years to average lifespans as we dealt with infections and disease. But bacteria are continuing to adapt and are fast outpacing our antibiotics. It is very likely that by 2050 our current...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of rush hour traffic
Why do we still have rush hour traffic - with EVERYONE trying to get to work and school at the SAME TIME every working day? It's 2022 and we know about flexible working, public transport, and even the potential for AI-managed traffic systems (via traffic apps or...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of retirement (as we know it)
One of the dumbest things we do in business is force people to retire, simply because they hit a specific date in the calendar, even though they might be excellent contributors and still want to continue working. As individuals, most of us already know we can't afford...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of… meat from animals
TRANSCRIPT Now, I don't mean that we're all going to become vegetarians, although why not if that works for you? What I mean is that one of the major reasons to become a vegetarian is a concern for animal welfare. Another major reason is our concern for climate...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of phobias
TRANSCRIPT We're all afraid of something. Snakes, spiders, sharks, the dark heights. There's a fear for everyone. But come with me to the future, where maybe we can use technology to get rid of our phobias. My name is Graeme Codrington, and this is Throw Forward...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of… diamonds
TRANSCRIPT I'm not a huge fan of these cheesy will you marry me proposal videos that are put out all over the web. But, hey, that's just a personal opinion. You be you. In most of those cases, it's a guy going down on his knee and opening up a little box with a...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of… investment brokers and fund managers
TRANSCRIPT The stock markets are going crazy. But I've got a hot stock pick for you, one that's guaranteed to make you a lot of money. If you want to know what it is, keep watching to the end of this video and and I'll tell you or maybe not. My name is Graeme...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of … insects
TRANSCRIPT Come with me to 2085 to the end of the world as we know it. My name is Graeme Codrington, this is Throw Forward Thursday and we are in our end of series. I want to talk today about the end of insects. I mentioned a moment ago that it's the end of everything...
Throw Forward Thursday: The end of… chocolate (& 3 things we can do to avert potential disaster)
TRANSCRIPT Come with me to the year 2050 when there is no more chocolate. That's right. My name is Graeme Codrington. This is Throw Forward Thursday, and we are starting a new series called The End Of, and I thought I'd start with a bang and get your attention. The...
Throw Forward Thursday: Natural born humans need not apply
TRANSCRIPT Natural born humans need not apply Jobs are only available to Bionic and Cyborg people. Welcome to Throw Forward Thursday. My name is Graeme Codrington and come with me to 2035, where that might be the headline of a number of job opportunities. You see over...
Tuesday Tip: What “thinking like a futurist” actually means – and why it’s so important
Succinctly put, what a futurist does is to, ‘build the capacity to see the implications and meaning of change’.
Of course, there are more impressive definitions than this one but for us in TomorrowToday, this is the one that makes sense and is easy to both explain and understand.
Throw Forward Thursday: Artificial Ears and Eyes
TRANSCRIPT There are videos all over the internet of young children and adults seeing and hearing for the first time as a young child is given a hearing aid or an elderly person is given a cornea transplant and they can suddenly see and hear for the first time. And...
Tuesday Tip: Respect: what it means to different people
We say “we need innovation”. But what type of innovation do we actually need? Earlier this month, Keith Coats and Graeme Codrington from TomorrowToday Global visited and presented at the Dubai Expo. It was billed as “the greatest show on earth”, and it didn’t disappoint – once you understood what it was trying to do.
Throw Forward Thursday: Integrated Real-Time Translation
TRANSCRIPT Until fairly recently. If you put the phrase out of sight, out of mind into a translation app, took it to Russian and brought it back to English again, you'd get back invisible idiot. Yes, translation apps are not perfect yet and don't fully understand the...
Tuesday Tip: 5 Tips for managing chronic stress at work
We say “we need innovation”. But what type of innovation do we actually need? Earlier this month, Keith Coats and Graeme Codrington from TomorrowToday Global visited and presented at the Dubai Expo. It was billed as “the greatest show on earth”, and it didn’t disappoint – once you understood what it was trying to do.
Throw Forward Thursday: Happy 1st Birthday
TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Throw Forwards Thursday. My name is Graeme Codrington and every week we jump into the future and we see what's going on there. Maybe it's got something important to teach us. Today is episode 52. Yes, that's right. It's our birthday. Happy...
Tuesday Tip: The Future of People: 5 Keys to Successfully Working Together
We say “we need innovation”. But what type of innovation do we actually need? Earlier this month, Keith Coats and Graeme Codrington from TomorrowToday Global visited and presented at the Dubai Expo. It was billed as “the greatest show on earth”, and it didn’t disappoint – once you understood what it was trying to do.
Throw Forward Thursday: The future of the C-Suite
TRANSCRIPT Welcome to throw forward Thursday. My name is Graeme Codrington, and we're going to jump into the future, especially the future of the top floor of the headquarters of your business, the top floor where all those senior executives sit. Sometime in the...
How a Starry-eyed Politian Got Me Thinking about Leadership
We say “we need innovation”. But what type of innovation do we actually need? Earlier this month, Keith Coats and Graeme Codrington from TomorrowToday Global visited and presented at the Dubai Expo. It was billed as “the greatest show on earth”, and it didn’t disappoint – once you understood what it was trying to do.