Monthly Archives: December 2006

Happy holidays! Off to Japan…

Ross Dawson, December 27, 2006 at 11:19 pm

Tomorrow I head off to Japan for two weeks with my gorgeous wife Victoria Buckley and lovely four-month old daughter Leda. I lived in Japan 1991-94, and while I returned regularly for a while, I haven’t been there for over six years now. It will be great to get back and see what’s changed, particularly

Continue reading Happy holidays! Off to Japan…

Trend map for 2007 and beyond

Ross Dawson, December 18, 2006 at 10:11 pm

Given it’s festive season now, it’s probably time for a bit of fun. Nowandnext.com and Future Exploration Network have collaborated in producing a map of major trends for 2007 and beyond, across ten segments: society & culture, government & politics, work & business, media & communications, science & technology, food & drink, medicine & well-being,

Continue reading Trend map for 2007 and beyond

Speaking about corporate innovation and the future of business

Ross Dawson, December 18, 2006 at 2:53 pm

Cameron Reilly of The Podcasting Network fame has just interviewed me for his podcast series G’Day World. The podcast is available here. Some of the things we talked about were: * How senior executives think – or don’t think – about innovation. * The balance of innovation across large organizations and start-ups. * Open innovation

Continue reading Speaking about corporate innovation and the future of business

Journalists get outsourced too

Ross Dawson, December 11, 2006 at 10:47 pm

Journalists love stories about the latest jobs to get sent offshore. Sharp political debates are launched, fears ignited, and community discussion engaged. However today the story is also about journalists themselves. As described in a recent article in the International Herald Tribune, journalist jobs are increasingly being sent offshore. In the first instance, “back office”

Continue reading Journalists get outsourced too

The promise and challenges of South Africa

Ross Dawson, December 9, 2006 at 2:29 am

I’m currently in Johannesburg, just back from two days in a game park, where one of my clients was holding a board strategy offsite. Here many of the contrasts of a country still in transition are evident. Nelson Mandela came to power in 1994, taking the nation from a history of apartheid into a new-found

Continue reading The promise and challenges of South Africa

Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. He is Founding Chairman of AHT Group, which consists of 3 companies: consulting, publishing, and ventures firm Advanced Human Technologies, future and strategy firm Future Exploration Network, and events company The Insight Exchange.

Ross is author most recently of Getting Results From Crowds, the prescient Living Networks, which anticipated the social network revolution, the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, and Implementing Enterprise 2.0. (click on the links for free chapter downloads). He is based in Sydney and San Francisco with his wife jewellery designer Victoria Buckley and two beautiful young daughters.