The Future Shapers

18/02/2022

JPMorgan Is the First Bank Into the Metaverse, Looks at Business Opportunities. The Wall Street bank has opened a lounge in blockchain-based Decentraland.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/02/15/jpmorgan-is-the-first-bank-into-the-metaverse-looks-at-business-opportunities/

The Wall Street bank has opened a lounge in blockchain-based Decentraland.

01/02/2022

MEET OUR CONTRIBUTOR: Dr Richard Hames

A compelling speaker and the author of seven books, Richard is currently Executive Director of Centre for the Future – a unique international enterprise whose mission is to make the world work for everyone by reinventing systems that are failing the human family.

READ FULL PROFILE: http://ow.ly/bFfh50HIZYZ

04/01/2022

LEARNINGS FROM 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 24 June 2021

8 steps to face a VUCA environment with Design Thinking by Carolina Salazar

Competition increases for us every day as we face new and complete challenges.

Not only the current historical ones, but also on a daily basis as we now live in a connected society where Internet, smartphones, and social media are a must. These rapid advancements in technology create a digital ecosystem where global markets and businesses struggle to succeed. But there are new possibilities to differentiate our business goals and beliefs, as long as we act quickly to identify the opportunities that this new era has to offer.

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Competition increases for us every day as we face new and complete challenges. Not only the current historical ones, but also on a daily basis as we now live in a connected society where Internet, …

03/01/2022

LEARNINGS FROM 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 23 June 2021

A Game Changing Invention Disclosure Form for your Patent Pipeline by Thomas Franklin

Innovation is critical to your business’s growth. You already have a system to mine your research and development for patentable inventions, but you have not received the volume of invention disclosures you expected.

http://ow.ly/EGEC50HfcOF

Innovation is critical to your business’s growth. You already have a system to mine your research and development for patentable inventions, but you have not received the volume of invention …

03/01/2022

LEARNINGS FROM 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 22 June 2021

Nakedness of the Emperors by Dr Richard Hames

We all know what leadership is. It is common knowledge. We can identify leaders by their demeanour, the language they employ, the position they hold, their confidence and charisma, as well as the cut of their clothes. Way too easy!

Wealthy and connected, leaders are the top executives, industrialists, media celebrities and politicians to be seen on television most nights of the week, beguiling us with their composure and cool words, sedating any impulse we might have to question their entitlement to tell us what to do, and how. Imperious, imposing, yet so often caught defending the indefensible, arguing an untenable case, deriding their competitors, or simply imploring us to vote for them in the next election, they nevertheless lead and we dutifully follow. But is that really what happens? Or are we missing some other factors here?

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It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so Mark Twain We all know what leadership is. It is common knowledge. W…

03/01/2022

LEARNINGS FROM 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 17 June 2021

R&D Musical Chairs by Richard Copland

Across a series of stories this Future Shapers investigation has looked at how the UK’s Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit scheme is being used and applied for. It looked to shine a light on the holes that indicate an industry making money off entrepreneurs while taking no responsibility, often at the expense of the government and the entrepreneurs themselves.

http://ow.ly/WnLC50HfcHl

Across a series of stories this Future Shapers investigation has looked at how the UK’s Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit scheme is being used and applied for. It looked to shine a ligh…

03/01/2022

LEARNINGS FROM 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 16 June 2021

Cooking the R&D books by Richard Copland

Tax avoidance could be argued is an unfortunate by-product of government policy. Boiling it down to the basics, tax avoidance refers to folks applying the tax rules and regulations in a way that wasn’t planned or designed for by the creators and implementers of the tax policy.

It is the practices of tax avoidance at the global corporate level and particularly those undertaken by the Big Tech players that the recent G7 summit in Cornwall looked to tackle.

http://ow.ly/tPwA50HfcEa

Tax avoidance could be argued is an unfortunate by-product of government policy. Boiling it down to the basics, tax avoidance refers to folks applying the tax rules and regulations in a way that w…

03/01/2022

LEARNINGS FROM 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 15 June 2021

All that Glitters is not Gold by Richard Copland

It all started when the head of business development forwarded me an email that suggested that the sender got cash from a UK government program that reimbursed your coders’ salary spend.

As a tech start-up that is going through the classic growing pains any opportunity for financial assistance is like catnip. You have to follow it. This was the start of a journey that unearthed a cottage industry generating almost £1bn a year, with almost pretty much no liability to its clients which could well be costing the UK taxpayer multi billions in wrongly paid out funds.

http://ow.ly/sg2l50Hfcy1

It all started when the head of business development forwarded me an email that suggested that the sender got cash from a UK government program that reimbursed your coders’ salary spend. As a tech…

03/01/2022

LEARNINGS FROM 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 10 June 2021

Why Innovate Energy? By Paul Hobcraft

Why innovate energy? The front end of energy means what exactly?
It is the place I feel I can make the best contribution, a place where innovation thrives and drives discovery to commercialisation of a new idea that emerges as a concept of value, often replacing something that does not “serve today’s or tomorrow’s purpose, where the energy transition must embrace fully.

My aim here is: “To achieve better, faster and more valuable future solutions with a focus on sustainability, to anticipate constant change and build different more exciting and valuable business models for lasting impact”.

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Why innovate energy? The front end of energy means what exactly? It is the place I feel I can make the best contribution, a place where innovation thrives and drives discovery to commercialisation …

01/01/2022

Wishing you a Happy New Year! All the best for 2022, and may your goals be reached, your successes attained, and your life lived with an abundance of prosperity and blessings.

31/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 9 June 2021

Agile Management: What you Should know about Management 3.0 by Carolina Salazar

Known as Agility or Agile Coaching, the concept of agile management was born in software development companies in the early 2000’s as a response to the need for rapid adaptation in the generation of customer-oriented products, with methodologies and operational processes that are not found in most traditional companies nowadays.

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Known as Agility or Agile Coaching, the concept of agile management was born in software development companies in the early 2000’s as a response to the need for rapid adaptation in the genera…

31/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 8 June 2021

Exploring Hybrid Work Connection by Douglas Ferguson

A return to work has become a reality for many, but what will that look like? For many businesses, that will not mean “business as usual”.

http://ow.ly/O9ZE50HfbXy

Considerations for the return to work A return to work has become a reality for many, but what will that look like? For many businesses, that will not mean “business as usual”. The adjustment to re…

31/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 3 June 2021

How to Develop Agile Leaders in the New Age by Carolina Salazar

Being agile means being able to offer a quick response to events, continuous added value, maximum autonomy and empowerment in decisions and collaborative work aimed at generating deliverables.

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Being agile means being able to offer a quick response to events, continuous added value, maximum autonomy and empowerment in decisions and collaborative work aimed at generating deliverables. Kno…

31/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 2 June 2021

The Art of Decision-making as an Innovation Leader by Jesse Nieminen

As we all know, innovating and creating something new is usually seen, for good reason, as an important, yet highly risky endeavour. As such, innovation leaders are constantly under a lot of pressure from many different directions.

Now, when we talk about innovation, we often focus on the more practical side of things related to the topic, such as processes, best practices, and tools. These are without a doubt all very important topics, but they still pale in comparison to decision-making.

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As we all know, innovating and creating something new is usually seen, for good reason, as an important, yet highly risky endeavour. As such, innovation leaders are constantly under a lot of pressu…

31/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 1 June 2021

5 Reasons your Employees may be Unhappy right now by Matt Phelan

In the research for my recent book Freedom To Be Happy, we found that happiness at work has understandably decreased for many employees during the global pandemic. Having said that, there is no reason things can’t improve for your employees, even if ‘normal-life’ still seems far off.

http://ow.ly/PUrh50HfbLj

In the research for my recent book Freedom To Be Happy, we found that happiness at work has understandably decreased for many employees during the global pandemic. Having said that, there is no rea…

30/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 27 May 2021

Building Innovation into a Small Charity’s DNA by Hannah Keartland

The coronavirus pandemic has magnified inequalities and other issues which are ingrained in our society. We have a responsibility to tackle these and technology can help us do that effectively and at scale.

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The coronavirus pandemic has magnified inequalities and other issues which are ingrained in our society. We have a responsibility to tackle these and technology can help us do that effectively and …

30/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 26 May 2021

Killers of Innovation Part 4 – The Environment by Andreas Penzel and Sabine Simon

You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology – not the other way around,“ Steve Jobs said. However, external factors like rapid market developments, crises, or over-regulation make this more difficult than ever before. They belong to the fourth category of Innovation Killers: The Environment

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Co-written with fellow Future Shaper, Sabine Simon. You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology – not the other way around,“ Steve Jobs said. However…

30/12/2021

A REVIEW OF 2021’s LEADING THOUGHT PIECES…

* Published 25 May 2021

There is such a thing as a bad idea! 10 Mistakes to avoid when brainstorming by Aaron Proietti

Despite what the old adage says, there is such a thing as a bad idea when brainstorming! Seasoned innovators understand the importance of a well-designed session that focuses a team’s attention on the most important problems to be solved.

http://ow.ly/I6oE50HfbvE

Despite what the old adage says, there is such a thing as a bad idea when brainstorming! Seasoned innovators understand the importance of a well-designed session that focuses a team’s attention on …