The future of global connectivity – is the second in a series of articles I’m writing titled Future Questions. In an uncertain world it’s no use just relying on just one plan or one set of assumptions. If you’re interested in building resilience, there’s a lot to be learnt by exploring what we […]
Reading time: 4 minutes Exploring a Future World This is the first of a series of articles that will help you to explore an uncertain future world. We all need to explore a range of potential futures. This applies whether we are a large corporation or an individual. We all […]
The decision I’m referring to goes right to the heart both of leadership and strategy. It concerns one of the biggest disruptors that our organisations will face. I’m talking about Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and the decision focuses upon this question: How will my organisation use Robotics and AI? A […]
In this LinkedIn Pulse article I question the robustness of many of the popular assumptions that under-pin globalization and business strategy – from the ongoing rise of social media through to the stability of a connected world. I also provide ideas that you can work through with your management team to […]
It’s all too common to assume that innovation barriers exist within the structure of our organizations. Or even in the skills our staff possess. These are common areas that many leaders will look at when they start the process of building innovation capabilities in their organizatons. Yes, you will find […]
The Press and the blogsphere have been full of talk of the financial markets over-ruling democracy. Now we’re talking about over-ruling democracy in Europe of all places – and most would see Europe as the global champion of human rights. Some see that is a negative step, for example, Skelton[1]. […]
Two things that we took for granted when preparing our business plans. Unwritten assumptions that democracy and capitalism would survive all that the world could throw at them. Well, many are frightened that this might not be the case. Most are pointing to the current Euro Area crisis as a […]
And at the time of writing this post the FTSE 100 here in London is down 1.3% after about 5 hours trading. If we look back over just the last three months we see a real roller coaster: FTSE 100 Since the end of July the total value of investments […]
It was interesting to read of Prime Minister Putin’s aspiration of creating a Eurasian economic zone whilst I was drinking a cup of coffee yesterday[1]. Founder members of this new ‘Eurasian Union’ are Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and membership could extend to include Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan too. So we have […]
Dr Ian Bremmer put forward an interesting model in February 16 issue of the Financial Times[1]. The model was the J-Curve and Dr Bremmer used it to illustrate current events in the Middle East. I show the J-Curve model below: You can see that running along the vertical axis we […]
