Reports South Africa takes a knock on the WEF's Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 When the World Economic Forum releases their Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 - it's a lengthy document worth paying attention to.
Podcasts Better thinking about the future with Dr Tom Lombardo I spent some time chatting to Dr Lombardo about how people can think more creatively about the future, which was recorded for your listening convenience and loaded onto our new podcast page.
Articles Alma Nomad in Budapest: The world's best almond croissant Apart from the remarkable experience of enjoying probably the best almond croissant in the world, what I realised is that Alma Nomad is the perfect definition of a small business.
Articles The Top 10 cities of the future Where then are the best cities in the world for Gen Z to launch their explorations into the future? A study by Nestpick has revealed the Top 10 cities of the future
Articles The age at which people get married around the world varies hugely Getting married is an important event in most people's lives, but the definition of what that day entails and when it happens, varies wildly around the world.
Tools How to recruit the right staff for your business in 8 easy steps Strong companies and brands are powered by great people. But finding and recruiting the right people for your business is no easy task. Here are my 8 key steps to finding the hiring the best staff for your business.
Articles Branding lessons from the world's greatest bands In many ways - building a legendary band is similar to building a great brand. It takes commitment, hard work, planning, foresight and a leveraging of core strengths to achieve.
Podcasts Advice from two futurists for 16-year-old kids thinking about what to do with their futures If you are 16-years-old, what are your hopes and fears for the future? What should you go study when you finish school?
Presentations How will events happening the other side of the world affect your business in 2020? So now that we know the business value of forecasting the events and business implications of the world in 2020 - what then should you be keeping on your radar?
Articles The rise of the Avatar Generation For older generations (Boomers, Gen X) our masks may be a power suit, a BMW, or an MBA, but for younger members of society; it's how you portray your life on Instagram, your Fortnite avatar, your cosplay character and now...wearing extreme makeup.
Podcasts As a couple, should you have a strategic plan? If big organisations can have strategy workshops and develop long-term plans which propel their business into the future - should people in romantic relationships be doing the same thing?
Tools Featured You've written a business strategy, but is it any good? Management frameworks are useful tools to know which steps you need to cover when writing a business strategy, but how do you know whether the content of what you have written and what you have decided is any good?
Reports 9 South African small business opportunities for 2020 Let's get into the list of ideas that I think are worth investigating if starting a South African small business in 2020 is your vibe.
Videos Alex McDowell: Designing stories that shape the future Worldbuilding combines the disciplines of design, technology and storytelling.
Videos The art of finding personal meaning in challenging times The world feels like a pretty chaotic place at the moment. People are anxious and fearful about what the future might hold for themselves and their children. Under these conditions of stress - what can you personally do to find more hope in the headlines?
Case studies Featured The future of crime in the year 2054 How will technology develop from now until then, how will business react, in what ways will that affect society - and how will politicians then try to put the flames out with their policies and regulations?
Tools Is your organisation ready for the future? Take this test to find out If an organisation is going to prosper into the future is an organisational futures-consciousness that proactively seeks out and pursues new business opportunity within the context of this change.
Podcasts Introducing our new podcast series Heroes of Futurism, is about the future and how to create it; what opportunities exist, what ideas are worth thinking about and how you can begin to design the future that you want.
Articles Featured The secret to getting buy-in for your all-important strategy presentation Having worked countless hours, often late into the night, on the strategy - everything rested on Porky's personal charism and charming ability to get buy-in from the company's exco.
Articles Why the South African government is totally wrong about their focus on creating jobs If you want to win an election - promise people jobs.
Articles Featured 6 things I learnt from a recent trip to Tokyo, Japan Last month — my fiance and I realised that crazy, ‘Post-It note ambition’ by spending a very memorable week in Tokyo. I would be lying if I told you that it was everything that I expected, because Tokyo is so much more than anyone could wildly imagine.
Articles Why South Africa's economy will not get any better There is a worn out old saying that states: "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." And in South Africa there is no more relevant a saying than this.
Articles Banksy pops up in Venice Banksy made a brief appearance in the form of a pop up art stall in Venice Italy – before being told to shove off by police, because the stall didn’t have a trading licence.
Case studies Featured Design fiction: The business value of designing imaginative new worlds Over the years we have prided ourselves on having produced numerous great examples of ‘futures world building’ for innovative clients like BAT, Dimension Data, UCT’s Graduate School of Business, Santam and Woolworths.
