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Articles The rising wave of witchcraft Witchcraft around the world is still largely taboo and practitioners keep their ideologies and activities to themselves, but increasingly this is changing.
Articles Setsong Tea Crafters - building a strong South African brand from indigenous knowledge The story of the Setsong Tea Crafters - Indigenous tea experiences is clearly an exciting one for us.
Articles 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics co-winner, Esther Duflo, on social experiments to fight poverty This year's joint winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics won the prize for their work on poverty alleviation in developing countries.
Articles The future of asset management The asset management industry is certainly facing multiple challenges presently, which will have a great influence on the future of the industry as well as individual companies.
Articles Quality workmanship - an often forgotten part of the future of work 'Work' is a vastly different concept to 'workmanship' - which as the name suggests, is work that only a human can perform.
Case studies How Supreme became Supreme On a recent trip to Japan, the one theme that kept on reappearing and making our attention and interest spike more than usual - was the pervasiveness of Supreme.
Articles Le Creuset announces a Star Wars collection One of the more unusual brand collaborations of late must surely be the recently announced Le Creuset & Star Wars mash-up.
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Articles Glenlivet innovates with alcohol-infused capsules The Glenlivet has re-imagined the experience of enjoying their product by creating alcohol-infused capsules made from seaweed.
Articles South Africa improves its ranking in global competitiveness Every year the World Economic Forum publish their Global Competitiveness Index report - this year's index post South Africa +7 points higher than last year.
Articles A look at Banksy's new pop-up shop; Gross Domestic Product Banksy has a new shop in Croydon, called Gross Domestic Product - it sells limited edition homeware from £10.
Articles Playstation Now - a new games streaming service from Sony Sony have just announced their brand new games streaming service called Playstation Now - and kicked off the announcement with yet another one of their radically creative ads.
Articles Hong Kong riots offer us a glimpse of one possible interstate future The US National Intelligence Council stated a couple of years ago that the job of politics and governing is not going to get any easier.
Articles Understanding how Singapore unlocked its future as a technology hub Singapore is tiny, expensive, has no natural resources to speak of, is a tax haven and has a very small local population. But has become Asia's leading technology hub. How?
Podcasts The future of advertising in South Africa The future of advertising in South Africa is probably far brighter than even advertising veterans currently believe it to be.
Articles Top 20 companies in 2019 that have mastered the art of reinventing themselves What are the Top 20 global companies leading the charge when it comes to transformational strategic change?
Articles Tracking the rise of the resale industry In particular, the future of the fashion business looks uncertain in light of the growing concern about climate change and the hugely negative effect consumerism is having on the planet.
Articles Nando's leads the way in selling South African creativity across the globe Nando's have quietly been filling their 1200 restaurants around the world with art and design sourced from local makers for the last 5 years.
Tools A new way to look at organisational innovation At its core - innovation starts out surprisingly humbly, builds, dies and runs in cycles over time.
Articles The real importance of having a big vision of the future Frankl explains why it is vital that in order to be the truest version of yourself, you owe it to yourself to imagine a wildly positive future.
Podcasts How subcultures influence bigger consumer trends In the latest episode of the podcast we chat about subcultures and how they influence bigger consumer trends in the world.
Articles The story of the Liberty Fields Rugby Club Guinness turned the true story of the Liberty Fields Japanese Women's Rugby Club into an ad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, but the remarkable story of the team was also shot as a 5-minute documentary.
Articles The Top 10 Most Relevant Brands of 2019 What makes a brand relevant? Relevant brands are those that have a close relationship with their customers, they understand their needs and wants, and relentlessly innovate new ways of satisfying those needs.
Articles South Africa's carbon emissions are higher than those of France and the UK South Africa is ranked #14 in the world of worst polluters - ahead of France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Turkey.
