Source: The Future Shapers // Author: Douglas Ferguson Imagine. You are going in for surgery. Before you get put under by the anesthesiologist, you ask if the surgeon and team are good […]
Prepare for meetings like a surgeon
Smokescreen
Source: The Future Shapers // Author: Richard Hames As conspiracy theories circulate, churning around every conceivable deceit — from the origin of SARS-CoV-2, disinformation regarding mask-wearing, and the imposition of martial law, […]
The future of managing learning will be through ecosystems and platforms
Source: The Future Shapers Author: Paul Hobcraft I am constantly drawn to ecosystems and platforms as the connecting mechanism that can drive the need for greater collaboration, sharing, and exchanging, and for this, we […]
Revealing an organisation’s true colours
Source: The Future Shapers Author: Hannah Keartland Surrounded by flashing lights and pumping music, the CEO stood on stage and announced “we’re innovative – we are the future”! Memories of Steve Jobs! […]
The swimmer, the fisherman, and the deep-sea diver
Source: The Future Shapers Author: Richard Hames Knowledge is the condition of understanding something which is personally meaningful, and potentially useful in some capacity. As such it is deeply subjective. What may […]
Strike first, throw second
Source: The Future Shapers Author: Bruno Pešec A large organisation decided to introduce a new product to the market. The marketing department persuaded the CEO that it must be under a new […]
Naturally speaking
Source: FutureShapers Author: Richard Hames In natural systems, physical matter flows in cycles. Nutrients from one form of life become food for another. Organisms live and die, eventually returning to the soil […]
Creating an innovation strategy is a team effort!
Source: FutureShapers Author: Dan Toma An inclusive and consensual approach to developing bold innovation strategies is needed. Why, you ask? Historically speaking, strategy formulation was an activity reserved for a select group […]
Innovation Archetypes: What kind of innovator are you?
Source: FutureShapers Author: Simon Hill We use archetypes in many walks of life: to provide context, assign a character or personality or define a brand. Definition:Archetype [ar ki taip] noun original pattern […]
Why the fast not the big dominate the future
Source: FutureShapers Author: Nate Nasralla The shared concern of 78 different innovation teams. I spent the last three months meeting with 78 different Fortune 500 innovation teams (yes, lots of Zoom calls). […]
The First Step in Improving an Ecosystem
Source: FutureShapers Author: Dan Toma In 1878 Leo Tolstoy released what would become one of his most acclaimed works, the novel Anna Karenina. The book starts with a quote, that over the centuries […]
Bigger Tank, Bigger Turtle
Source: FutureShapers Author: Danny Wootton If you buy a young turtle and put it in a small aquarium, it will only grow to the size that fits the tank. Somehow creatures are […]
Change and culture – the new competitive advantage
Source: FutureShapers Author: Friska Wirya. Would it surprise you to know best-selling author Dan Pink says we spend 24 minutes of every hour trying to change something? Someone’s opinions, someone’s behaviors. Yet, Harvard […]
Strategy is about creating corporate memories of the future
Source: FutureShapers Author: Ron Immink I love strategy. I think everything is strategy. My favourite book is “33 strategies of war”, but I am also a big fan of Kenichi Ohmae (found […]
