DECODING TOMORROW: FUTURISM AND FORESIGHTS TODAY

FORESIGHTS AND IDEAS THAT EXPAND MINDS AND INSPIRE A CHANGE OF HEART.

23 Feb 2011

The future is about context, not necessarily content

The future is about context, not necessarily content Today I was the futurist keynote speaker at Gartner's Business Intelligence Summit in Sydney, and I spoke to the audience about IT's and data's role in the future. One of the key ...

16 Feb 2011

The State of Social Media in Marketing

Interesting: A survey of 2100 companies, sponsored by business analytics leader SAS, revealed: 75 percent of companies surveyed did not know where their most valuable customers were talking about them. 31 percent do not measure ...

15 Feb 2011

Disruptive Leadership Riptides 2011: Trends in Leadership

(print friendly version) When it comes to generation, innovation and communication trends in leadership, it is crucially important that you as a leader are able to do three things to stay compatible with a constantly shifting business ...

14 Feb 2011

Whatever/Whenever: instant gratification culture

On a recent trip to Barcelona where I was speaking at a marketing conference at the W Hotel on thought leadership marketing and social media, I was reminded of Shakira's epic song 'Whenever, Wherever', because of this sign at the ...

13 Feb 2011

You're lucky that Generation Y isn't weirder... just wait for Generation Z!

Leaders in organisations today need to stop complaining about how 'weird' Generation Y is. They should be lucky that Generation Y isn't in fact weirder. Because Generation Z is. Weirder that is. In 2011, the first co-hort of ...

08 Feb 2011

Social Media Risque / Risqué

Social media is a double-edged sword, and in 2011 more and more businesses will see the up-side and down-side of social media. In fact, social media is both risky and risqué, it's both dangerous and sexy. It's crucial to have a social ...

31 Jan 2011

Top 3 Trends for 2011