Imagine Using the Power of a Name to Inspire Your Next Project

NASA has renamed its headquarters after its first black female engineer, Mary Jackson, whose work contributed to America’s early space programs. She achieved success in the face of racial discrimination, despite black employees being forced to use different canteens and bathrooms. When Jackson applied for engineering training, she needed permission to take classes with her […]

Imagine Working with Nature Instead of Trying to Dominate It

Singapore has an innovative way of putting nature at the heart of construction that can make us happier, healthier and closer to the natural world. It’s called biophilic design, and it replaces walls, windows, columns, signs and neon, with leaves, bark, birds and insects. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is the most biophilic hospital in Asia […]

Imagine Putting a Bunch of Kids on Your Advisory Board

Have you noticed how many young people have been pushing for change this past year? Maybe it’s time to start listening. They are the consumers, customers, and business owners of the future, and they’re giving us clues today about the business opportunities of tomorrow. “Young people are now coming to discussions as contributors and not […]

PUMA Thinks Inside the Box

Sports company PUMA has introduced a new shoebox design which will save 2800 tonnes of cardboard every year, as part of its sustainability strategy to make a positive environmental impact across its product range. The new shoeboxes, which have been rolled out in 2021, are just one element of PUMA’s commitment to make its retail […]

Imagine Encouraging Young People to Achieve the Impossible

Some people spend their lives deciding on a career, but for 20-year-old Alyssa Carson, the goal has been clear since she was three years old: Be among the first humans to explore Mars. Carson has spent most of her life preparing to go to Mars by attending space camps and advanced preparation programs, building a […]

Imagine Combining Two Products into One to Create Social Impact

Worldwide, millions of people are forced to sleep outside in the cold. That number is growing by the minute. Poverty, mental illness, unexpected loss of jobs, natural disasters, and wars are the top causes of homelessness around the world. The Sheltersuit, developed by Bas Timmer (above, right) in the Netherlands, is a wind- and waterproof […]

30 Characteristics of Future Leaders

Leadership is inherently viewed as positive and good. The reality, of course, is something quite different. There are good leaders and there are bad leaders, male and female. There are those who believe that any action by leaders is better than no action at all. This is wishful thinking and absolute nonsense. If leaders make bad decisions, those […]

How to Get Comfortable With Continuous Change

Stop building urgency around the nature of a proposed change. Instead, create the right amount of urgency around how that change can occur. By doing this, you will quickly become familiar with how change is initiated, communicated, and executed within your organization. If we wind back the clock a few decades, significant change within a […]

6 Ways to Think Like a Real Leader and Achieve Extraordinary Success

It’s in Bertrand Piccard’s DNA to go beyond the obvious and achieve the impossible. From a legendary lineage of explorers who conquered the stratosphere and the deepest troughs of our oceans, he made history by accomplishing two aeronautical firsts: around the world non-stop in a balloon, and then again in a solar plane without fuel. […]

Do I Really Need To Give Up My Personal Values And Ethics In Business?

An 18 year old woman wants to “bring humanity to business” but doesn’t know how. More than 35 years later, and despite having no role models, she still hasn’t surrendered her values. Brigitte Baumann was told that a CEO must simply look after the bottom line. That’s all. Go Beyond is born; an angel investor […]