Will Artificially Intelligent Robots Replace Us?
Have you ever been asked a question you didn’t know the answer to? You possibly made a critical mistake when giving your answer…
Question Misleading Exponential Curves
If the volume of digital data doubles every year, how can you possibly keep up?!
Reverse Difficult Questions
Have you ever been asked a question you didn’t know the answer to?
Focus On Spontaneous Reactions
Move hearts and minds by observing when your audience reacts…
Never Begin With a Title Slide
Need to present something with impact? Don’t begin with a title slide…
Strategically Vary Like Netflix
Hundreds of millions of us watch Netflix. However very few look beyond the screen – to explore…
Team Visioning
When developing a compelling vision a pivotal factor is to clearly define the date you’re visioning. Seems obvious but most don’t…
Flex Into Alternate Futures
A Futurist isn’t someone who predicts the future. Futurists anticipate and adapt to the future. Flexing their perspective while inspiring and equipping others to do the same. With that in mind we’re all capable of being Futurists…
Working Remotely
Yesterday I was in two places at once. Working from my home studio on the edge of the world in Auckland, New Zealand while coaching a Learning & Development Leader in Bangalore, India. As we talked I learnt about the scale of challenge she was facing right now. Constrained to working remotely, while supporting leaders with…
From Chaos to Clarity
The future isn’t off in the distance. We’re all now living and working in it today – whether our people and organisations are ready to adapt or not. Fast-moving changes in the past now seem almost glacial by comparison…
The Future Has Arrived
We are now living in an age where we’re all more constrained than ever… and at the same time we’re less constrained than ever…
Are You Double-Minded?
With the launch of UberEATS, you can now dine from a restaurant without leaving your…
Transform 2020
Over the past few weeks, more than once I’ve been asked to share an update… like this. After all in such challenging times, surely a Futurist can offer much needed insight and guidance in the chaos of disruptive change…
The Future Is Behind You
Imagine you’re playing softball. You’re at the plate batting. The opposing team’s pitcher sends the ball your way – at the professional pitching pace of 100 km/h. And you're facing backwards…
Fast Change Happens Slowly
The year 2020. For many years it was the date used to describe the future. A time when we’d be travelling to the beach in our flying cars as the robots…
The Brilliant Spaces Between
Brilliance is found in the spaces between the predictable. At this time of year, as a Futurist I predict you already know two significant dates – your last day at work before the holiday break and your first day back. Have a brilliant time between… and then keep having brilliant spaces between in your future year ahead. Creating moments of new possibilities between the routinely predictable…
Beware of the Magpies
As a Futurist I’m often asked to disrupt the thinking of Execs and Boards as part of their strategic planning. However progress doesn’t require disrupting your thinking. Instead focus on…
Your Future Is All Around You
Have you ever driven in rain so heavy you knew you really shouldn’t be driving? Remember how it felt. Barely able to see what’s in front of you, every sense heightened, tensed for…