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 […]
Conspiracy theory It’s time to review the very notion of a career. With that in mind, I have created an alternative guide to career management. So please brace yourself. If you continue to read, your worldview may become destabilised. Having dispensed with the niceties, I must inform you that you are the victim of a […]
Are you digital age ready or a hall of famer? Despite the steady growth of the ‘digitally hapless hall of fame’, whose honourees include GE, Kodak, Toys R Us and Nokia, many business leaders are pressing on with their industrial era business models as if we had just hit ‘peak-Victorian. Unfortunately for these leaders, the […]
It’s no surprise that the robots are coming. Along with the algorithms, they are redefining the workplace, which in turn is redefining our role in the workplace. With such an uncertain future ahead, it would be a brave person that picks a career path today on the basis that the path will still exist in […]
You are sitting there at work going through the motions in a meditative / zoned-out state, perhaps even enjoying the uninterrupted streak you are having in respect to getting things done. But then your boss drops by your desk and asks if you have time for a chat. Here it comes Your mind goes into […]
Have you ever watched the assault course game show Ninja Warrior? It’s the ultimate obstacle course race. The competitors demonstrate athleticism and bravery as they climb, leap and swing between various platforms designed such that only those with Spiderman DNA can avoid an early and murky bath. Some of us went to schools that had […]
This post is the eighth in the series of Biz 4.0 posts; the aim of which is to address misunderstandings in respect of digital transformation and to provide guidance on how to succeed in the digital age. In the previous post, we looked at the importance of ensuring your people were onboard in respect of […]
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 […]
Many people use the term ‘digital’ without really considering what they mean. I see it all the time amongst senior executives. Possibly it is a term they use when they want to talk about IT, but don’t want to involve the IT function!When I started out as a software engineer, IT and digital were synonymous. […]