Buhle Dlamini's Owning The Future is a must for organisations and individuals that are serious about being at the forefront and lead the wave of the new economy. While it gives a very strategic and futurist message, it is also light in style. Inspiring, eye-opening, practical and full of ideas you can walk out and apply immediately
4. To Succeed In The Future- Anticipate The Changes And Craft Your Strategy Based On The Future. See following examples of Companies
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6. Optimise Your Most Important Asset Become Future-Smart Be Ready for the Changing Values Creating the Desired Future Keys To Owning The Future Clarity Over Facts
8. The Only Important ASSET: TALENT “ Traditional Factors of Production-Natural Resources, Labour and Capital- are no longer important. What are important are Knowledge Workers”. – Peter Drucker
9. Power Shift from Company to Individual Knowledge Workers . For individuals the key is defining your “Area of Excellence," finding your "Unique Selling Proposition" and doing more of what you're best at! Executives don’t manage people, they simple create an environment in which individuals manage themselves.
11. Silent Generation Baby Boomers Believe The Expert Consistency Do The Right Thing Quality & Excellence Status Nostalgia @ Work Generation X Millennial Generation Generations As Customers Order and Stability Hard Work = Success Experience Is Vital Live To Work Identify Linked To Job Title and Image Instant Gratification Customised - Choice Experience Driven Work For A Lifestyle Informal Life Outside Work Valued Experiential Learning Worldviews - @ Work & As Customers Brand Awareness Not On The Net, Not Legit Link With Celebs Works Technology Does The Working, I Do The Thinking Involve Me REFERENCE: MIND THE GAP by Graeme Codrington (www.tomorrowtoday.biz)
15. “ Knowing how to find relevant information and knowing how to use it is the key to success.” Albert Einstein Seek Clarity Over Facts
16. In Other Words: “ Know What You Need To Know Before You Need To Know It” Seek Clarity Over Facts
17. Creating the Desired Future “ Seize the opportunity of a lifetime in a lifetime of that opportunity.”
18. Creating the Desired Future “ The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it.” Alan Kay
19. "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it everytime.” - Michelangelo
We expect that tomorrow will be pretty much like today, but that’s not the way it’ll be. With the current major changes in demographics, technology, leadership and other changes the future is already different from today. The future of business and individual success, will offer greater vulnerability coupled with increased opportunity. Unless we examine and plan for it in advance the future will catch us by suprise!
As these companies have shown us contemplating the future helps us to intelligently plan for an uncertain outlook and come out tops.
“ 75% of admin, back office, finance jobs will be digitalised in 36 months” Jeffery Immelt CEO of General Electric, Unless you have something special to offer there’s always a computer that can do your job better. So What’s Unique about you and the people that work for you? Find that and optimise it! And you’ll set yourself apart in the market.