The Last of the Kodak Moments by Alan Moore

Alan Moore is one of Gerd Leonhard’s partners in the Futures Agency, author of the very recent “No straight lines” book. He recently published an article in the Huffington Post, which I thought was worth sharing with you and that Alan, kindly agreed...

Occupy Wall Street!

When interviewed about the roots of the new “Open Source Economy”, I refer back to the 1970’s intuitions of then futurist Alvin Toffler, author of truly visionary books such as the “Future Shock” (note the 70’s influence of the...

“How Dilemmas Management will help your strategic thinking”

In a recent discussion, a psychiatrist friend of mine elaborated around the notion of “choice” and I found it particularly relevant to our professional lives: “Many people at the executive levels display one form or another of perfectionism. They are therefore very...

The emergence of Talents Networks

In the true spirit of P.F.E. (Proudly Found Elsewhere), so typical of the Open Source Economy, I borrowed the title (and a lot of the content) of this post to Neil Perkin, one of my colleagues in Gerd Leonhard’s “Futures Agency”. I’d like to thank him for the source...
The Leap of Faith

The Leap of Faith

I wonder how the officers in the US Army in Afghanistan felt when presented this bright slide, issued by bright consultants, seeking to present them with the complexity that they were faced with in the occupied country… One of the officers present to the slide show is...

“Challenging the orthodoxies of Executive Development”

One of my personal projects is to find partners interested in radically new ways to consider and deliver Executive Education. These could be Business Schools as well as Corporate Academies. I had written a paper about my vision,...