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How the Shoprite Group is reinventing itself for the future

The Group's latest financial results show that they have grown sales by 10% and profits by more than 25%

Automation & digitalisation

How a 168-year old company taught itself to dance

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) was facing disaster when covid-19 struck, but they used the opportunity to transform themselves into a nimble, digital-first organisation that's set to reimagine the future of their industry. How they did it was to focus on shifting their culture and embedded

Tools

How to have a better future vision

Here's the 4-step guide.

Articles

Welcome to the Museum of the Future

Take a glimpse at possible futures.

The Future of Work

What is the current state of culture in organisations around the world?

This might be the reason you're struggling to move things along in your organisation.

The Future of the Consumer

How a simple change in framing helps people save better

How a simple change in framing inspired a significant change in savings behaviour.

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Fooling around like a teenager linked to remarkable increase in overall wellbeing

Why is an emeritus professor of cardiovascular physiology at the University of Oxford interesting in the positive effects of sharing saliva?

The Future of the Consumer

What kind of focus should your business have to win in your industry?

The winner is....

The Future of Work

You gotta fight, for your right...to sleep

Sleep has become a social justice issue.

The Future of Work

The new jobs: The Chief Future of Work Officer

The Chief Future of Work Officer is now a thing.

The Future of Work

The worrying rise of a culture of blatant bullshit

It is impossible to build and grow a company effectively into the future from a platform that is not aligned with reality.

The Future of the Consumer

Is ageing a problem that can be solved?

It appears that some fairly decent progress has already been made in the quest for rejuvenation.

Articles

The failure resume

Schools may like to teach children that getting things right is just about knowing the answer, but complex problem solving doesn't work like that.

Videos

What skills should our kids be learning to thrive in the future?

What is the purpose of education?

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Is the threat of 'cancel culture' as real as it appears to be?

Digital media makes naming and shaming easier than ever before.

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Hype

Lots of money and time can be wasted chasing mirages.

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A brand for the select few

How you view success in your life, and your company, is ultimately up to you.

The Future of the Consumer

Why the new Leica watch is such a great move

Demand for luxury goods is very buoyant and growing.

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Is the South African market too small?

Wouldn't it be far better to pursue a future strategy aiming to have a tiny slice of a massive UK market than to have a monopoly in South Africa?

Podcasts

What is the current state of business digitalisation?

Should your business be developing as a digital maven in South Africa?

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4 Things that kill business strategy

Culture is not the only thing that kills strategy

Podcasts

Making things with no thinking

Overthinking is a modern phenomenon that we spend far too little time discussing.

The Future of the Consumer

How a fear of the future can ruin an economy

A case study in clever systems thinking.

Articles

A future vision of Africa 2030 also points to opportunities for entrepreneurs

What might Africa look like in 2030?

Articles

The future still belongs to just 'the right kind of people'

The seductive power of Victorian thinking about the relationship between character, technology and the future remains pervasive