Climate change: The biggest global-health threat of the 21st century
This is what the top flight medical journal, The Lancet, says. In the latest edition, an article entitled "Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change" makes this claim. See this article, and other similar ones here. The article is a collaboration between Lancet and...
TIME magazine: The Future of Work
I think they do it every other year, and it makes a great cover. TIME magazine at the end of May 2009 was focused on the issue of 'The Future of Work'. You can read it at TIME's website, or below. The article takes the form of ten short insights. The highlights for me...
The Meaning of the 21st Century
One of the most important books I have read in the last year is James Martin's "The Meaning of the 21st Century" (Buy it at Amazon or Kalahari). The subtitle explains: The Megaproblems of the 21st Century. You can hear me talking about it on a ClassicFM book review...
Keith Coats profiled – Global trends shaping the world of work
Keith Coats, director and co-founder of TomorrowToday, is speaking in Sweden soon, at the invitation of the King. His topic is on the Global trends shaping the new world of work. Keith has been profiled on a number of websites. Check out this profile in the latest...
What on earth is going on
As you know, TomorrowToday tracks societal trends. We help our clients to understand the implications of shifts and changes in technology, demography, institutions and societal values. Every now and again, we come across people who are doing an excellent job in both...
The Myth of the Rational Buyer
What if what we understood about marketing wasn't true? This is how the article from Fast Company, The Myth of the Rational Buyer: How too much thinking can hurt your brand, begins. The author Mark Dziersk suggests that companies spend 95% of their time fussing over...
Brrr is kewl in South Africa
Thanks to my friend Bev from SimonSays Communications for this link. The Sunday Times announced it's 'Times Generation Next' cool brands survey results on 28 May 2009. 5000 tweens, teens and young adults between the ages of 8-22 were polled on their coolest brands,...
Keeping it Simple
Reading Gillian Tett's excellent book, 'Fool's Gold: How unrestrained greed corrupted a dream, shattered global markets and unleashed a catastrophe' (Little, Brown 2009 - buy it now at Amazon.co.uk or Kalahari.net) reminded me of a memorable saying of the legendary...
Is it wiser to hire people without meeting them?
I've just come across a great article from Fast Company. It's around hiring new people. And we all know that once the economy turns, and business increases, we're going to need new people.This particular article focuses on how we weight interviews in the hiring...
Graeme Codrington suggests books on Classic FM
Graeme Codrington was recently interviewed on Classic FM's "JSE Direct" show. It is a book review show, and Graeme highlighted two books he feels everyone should be reading, if they are interested in tracking key trends that will be shaping the world of work over the...
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle & Leaders Everywhere
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle throws a large spanner in our quest to know, understand and decipher the future. It states, "If we know the present, we can calculate the future - it is not the conclusion that is wrong but the premise". Seeing beyond the filters...
Forbes says recession will be over next month
The research team at Forbes.com reckon that the signs are good that we will have a sharp V shaped downturn, and that we're now at the bottom. Read their justification for this bold view at their website, or below. The Recession Is Over Brian S. Wesbury and Robert...
Green shoots of hope
Times are tough, and it's easy to feel down when thinking about business at the moment. I know that in hard times there are opportunities. I know that it's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it (this lesson from my friend, W Mitchell). But there is a...
10 rules for effective strategic planning PLUS one more
Strategic planning is becoming the corporate buzzword again. Over the past ten years companies have been obssessed with short-termism and strategic planning was largely ignored for tactical activities based around improving sales and cutting costs for the next quarter...
How finding your passion changes everything
Sir Ken Robinson is an expert on creativity and innovation. I highly recommend that you watch his excellent talk on ForaTv, especially if you don’t have time to read his book called The Element: How finding your passion changes everything. The talk is about 90...
A new way of looking at inheritance is needed
If you read this blog regularly, you might have spotted that last week's Spectator magazine has been on my reading list. It just happened to be a fairly thought provoking edition. Here is another thought it sparked for me. When the world changes, we need to change...
Gary Hamel on Generation Y
Gary Hamel, the best selling author and global guru on innovation, has turned his attentions to the impact that the next generation of young people is having on the workplace. Hamel's latest book is on the Future of Management, and he believes that the recession is...
Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary schools shake-up
. TomorrowToday does extensive research on the impact of changing societies, institutions and technologies on the new world of work and what is called the connection era. There are signs that one of the UK's largest institutions, its schools, are changing and...
You can’t sit this one out
Originally posted at TomorrowToday UK's article library, and distributed in their March ezine As the recession deepens, with customers dwindling and staff morale dropping, strong leadership is required. Too many companies, and the individuals in them, are falling into...
You can't sit this one out
Originally posted at TomorrowToday UK's article library, and distributed in their March ezine As the recession deepens, with customers dwindling and staff morale dropping, strong leadership is required. Too many companies, and the individuals in them, are falling into...