Recently I came across the excellent Tomorrow Fair via an event at the Design Museum in London where I am a member.
After meeting the Co-Founder Rachel Butterworth, I accepted an offer to join their advisory board.
Rachel also invited me to record a podcast with Editorial Director for the Tomorrow Fair, Emily Wright – you can listen to the full 20-minute conversation below.
Tomorrow Talks Podcast with Emily Wright
About the Podcast:
Forget looking five years ahead. For many businesses, the trick is looking five months, weeks or even days into the future. The Actionable Futurist, Andrew Grill spoke to the Tomorrow Fair about the commercial benefits of short-term future-proofing.
In the latest in our podcast series, the global managing partner of IBM Social Consulting explained how he consults for organisations worldwide to develop their strategy in a world rife with digital disruption.
Grill said he helps businesses understand that the most disruptive companies in the world right now actually disrupted themselves.
And urges forms to try to do the same to stay ahead of the curve: “Netflix was a DVD mailer company. Uber started life as a Limo hire service…Airbnb, not many people know that the air stood for air mattress.
“And their original business model looked at the number of addressable homes in the US with an air mattress. And they had to pivot.
“What keeps me awake at night is ensuring companies see where their business models won’t survive or need to change and looking at other business models. You have to disrupt yourself to go forward or you will fall by the wayside.”