FuturesForum

FutureWorld FuturesForum Membership

Corporate Membership of the FuturesForum programme provides organizations with a unique on-going series of themes that help them explore the evolving future. In addition to a regular series of in-house keynote presentations and workshops, the contents of a Corporate Membership can be customised to suit each member's specific needs. In addition, Corporate Members have exclusive access to the Corporate MemberZone on the FutureWorld website, containing an interactive exploration of the FuturesForum themes over the past few years, as well as access to further information, links and resources.

The volatile new world economy is radically changing the behavior of your customers, the nature of your competitors, the expectations of your employees and the future relevance of your company's products and services.

Open markets are revolutionizing customer choice and increasing competitiveness just as communications technologies have made consumers smarter and faster. They demand unprecedented levels of service and transparency. Products and services are being commoditized by a relentless focus on costs and productivity. Technology-led productivity is a boon to consumers and the scourge of suppliers as it erodes your competitive edge and profit margins.

Technology is the only business resource that becomes increasingly more powerful and affordable with each passing day, and there is no other industry that is so relentlessly driven by constant innovation. Technology can enhance your competitiveness and create fundamentally new markets and market niches. It can enable you to establish economies of scale internally, regionally and globally that would be impossible in any other way.

Information and communications technologies have become the engines of globalization, competitiveness and new management paradigms. Employees are trading their skills globally, have proliferating choices in terms of work and lifestyles and are wielding their power as investors and consumers.

It is essential for all executives to understand the opportunities and threats of the global economy, and how mastering them is a business imperative if you are to lead effectively and compete against the best in the world.

FuturesForum brings you an on-going programme of powerful inputs on how the global economy is changing markets and global business, and makes you an integral part of a powerful interactive network of thought leadership.

Essential tools and relationships to help you actively choose your personal and business future!

Scientists now understand that you cannot really use a process of analysis to effectively understand and predict behavior in a system where power has moved from the centre to the periphery. In such a ‘natural system’ you have to understand the total context to make any sense of the constituent parts.

Is this why business and life in general seems crazy?

"It is no longer possible to learn just from experience - in this warp-speed world, it has become essential to learn from the future." Wolfgang Grulke.

Understand why you and your business have become an integral part of potent multi-layered networks. Government, institutions and large corporations no longer determine your future. You will not survive the future unless you can capitalize on the power of individuals and the power of relationships.

"The best way to deal with change is to create it!"

Global change is a fact. If you don’t have your own plans for the future you will become a part of someone else’s plan! Have a dream and network it! You can choose to be a victim or an architect of your future. It’s your choice.

"The new world is no longer about what you know, but about what you do. It is the survival of the fastest. You must intuitively understand the future and continuously shape yourself in order to survive!" Schoeman Rudman.

Our actions are dominated by our habits. It is not so much the process of learning, but the process of unlearning that creates major challenges. Learn about The Cycle of Life and The hour that changes your world. Learn how to adapt and thrive on chaos. Learn how to think and act like a fractal individual, or face the consequences!

When you become a member of FutureWorld’s FuturesForum you will connect with entrepreneurial business leaders from the FutureWorld Network of International Gurus. You will become an integral part of a living network of thought leadership, as we explore the impact of today’s global issues on the future of business and the individual! Every six months a brand new theme is researched and delivered through our association with FutureWorld International Limited.

Corporate membership includes two in-house events per annum and provides exclusive early access to FutureWorld’s research and communications to participating organizations. It also provides full access to the FuturesForum MemberZone, which includes detailed summaries of all the new material presented, plus archives of materials from the past few years. The content includes internationally acclaimed material, such as From Value Chain to Marketspace, Ten Lessons from the Future, Radical Innovation, The Fractal Individual and more.

Alternatively you can become a guest member by just participating in the online debates at FuturesForum’s Email Discussion List and our own hosted ChatZone. See below for details.

Become a part of FuturesForum… navigate uncharted waters and dynamically shape yourself and your business. If you understand the multiple futures waiting out there for you, you will literally be able to choose your own future.

Make your future a matter of choice, not chance!

Corporate Membership fees/requirements and benefits

Corporate membership fees are individually negotiated with organizations according to their specific requirements and are payable annually in advance.

Membership fees typically include:

• A minimum of two in-company events per membership year
• Full access to the FuturesForum MemberZone and ChatZone for all staff
• 3-month exclusivity to all new themes developed

Clients are responsible for all travel and associated expenses for presenters

Discounts available for more than 10 memberships in any one organization

Apply for Corporate Membership online now. FutureWorld will contact you and develop a specific proposal to meet your organization's needs!

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FutureWorld Email Discussion Forum

Hosted by FutureWorld, this public email discussion forum is open to anyone interested in interacting with other email users about the future, business and technology. Our gurus are involved in stimulating the discussions and interacting with the users, so there is always a high level of discussion and debate.

The discussion is hosted on the free YahooGroups servers. To join the discussion just send a blank email to: FutureWorldDiscuss-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Unsubscribing is just as easy - so why not give it a go?

FutureWorld Chatzone

FutureWorld provides an online discussion forum for people to discuss issues surrounding the future and how we prepare for it. Click on the image below to enter.

The Information Age Scorecard

The Information Age Scorecard is a unique tool enabling you, as a business leader, to see how prepared your company is for the future - how ready you are to compete against the new Information Age companies that are radically reshaping the rules of business, competitiveness and your industry. Click on the image below to enter.

The Fractal Corporation Scorecard

The Fractal Corporation Scorecard guides you in transforming your company into a truly fractal organization.