These posts focus on the challenges societal leaders face in transitioning into a digital age society.
The descent of man Stage 1 You are sitting with friends and family around the campfire. There is no electricity. It has yet to be invented. Despite the relative harshness of the setting, everyone is in great spirits. Its been an exhausting but successful day and so there is food for everyone. Over the course […]
It’s not just businesses that face disruption as we leave the synthetic certainty of the industrial era. Societies too are having to adapt to the effects brought about by increased connectivity, mobility and global supply chains. In this post, I will explore what adaptations a society must make if it is to attract and retain […]
Limited thinking When one thinks of digital government, more often than not it conjures up thoughts of the citizens engaging with their government through an app. Perhaps it extends to electronic diplomacy where nations resolve conflict by submitting their negotiating algorithms onto a United Nations sponsored server. For me that is more the digitalisation of […]
You are part of the gig economy. The chances are you don’t yet feel part of it. However, it is my view that sooner or later you will be. And in many respects you’ll be happier for it, if you prepare accordingly. The gig economy is misunderstood Before I get into that, I need […]
This post is to expand on a recent assertion I made on LinkedIn: If you practise work-life balance, you will find it difficult to operate in the #digitalage. Created in the industrial era Firstly, let’s establish why the notion of work-life balance came about in the first place. Up until the industrial age work and […]
The fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is a popular term that has been around for a few years and appears to have dominated the ‘buzzword cloud’ in the early months of the last few years. Firstly, it is a reference to the profound changes we are experiencing in business and society as a result of rapid […]
Like everything else, work in the digital age is subject to disruption. Take this scenario: You have worked hard. But that was never a problem because you are passionate about your goals. In many respects, you have designed your own personal hands-on MBA through a mixture of formal education and real-world experience. So you are […]
The future of work The clock speed of business and society is on the rise. So much so that strategy and tactics are converging, as are the present and the future. Thus, the future of work is not an abstract concept reserved for discussions about the future working lives of those born today. Post-industrial work […]
Before we dive into the digital afterlife, it is worth pausing to reflect on the marvels of digital technology. What would our ancestors think of our ability to access the world’s knowledge from a handheld device? What would they think if they knew we used that device primarily for shopping and picking arguments with strangers? […]
What is the digital age? For many, the digital age is simply the industrial era ‘amped up’ on tech steroids. Perhaps marked by the IT industry’s coming of age as new technology became as much part of the social fabric as it was in the world of business. But that doesn’t really cover it. So, […]
