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"An excellent presentation and a completely new way of thinking about the world. You provided vision and encouraged us to leave our comfort zones."
Feedback from delegates to the SAÏD Business School Programme for the Deloitte M&A EMEA team, Athens, October 2008
"Thanks again for the wonderful presentation - it is the only one I have been able to sit through in at least five years. You are really good."
Jalene Medalie, Manager - Special Projects, Sasfin Frankel Pollak Securities
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Bernard Swanepoel, CEO Harmony Gold Limited
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Kate Bulkley, media journalist
"This process paid for itself three times in 18 months."
David Hathorn - CEO & Chairman, Mondi SA/Europe
"I would just like to thank you most sincerely for the outstanding presentation yesterday. The feedback from the group was very positive and I think it helped many of the groups gain a new perspective on their Action Learning Projects."
Conrad Viedge WITS Business School
"We were amazed by your presentation - it was very very good! We now realise that scenario thinking is not a choice, it is a MUST!"
Feedback from delegates to the SAÏD Business School Programme for the Deloitte M&A EMEA team, Athens, October 2008
"Our business was ready for this very necessary mindset change; and FutureWorld has done a tremendous job of helping us."
Ian Cockerill, then-CEO of Gold Fields
"This was the most powerful presentation I have ever seen. You have absolutely shaken us out of complacency. We must 'think future' everyday, not just at annual retreats. There is no yesterday, only tomorrow."
Kitty Choi, Head, Efficiency Unit, Hong Kong Government
"Your workshop at the London Business School last year was a milestone in my life. I would like to thank you for that. I have just visited New York with my family and we saw some of the innovations you spoke about happening. It was a great experience, and now they can be convinced that what I told them after your session was true!"
Jaron Wiedmaier, General Director, Continental Tires Russia
"Thank you for your inspiring facilitation at the workshop. It was great to stretch the imagination and focus on the positive for a few days."
Peter Muir, Denel Dynamics
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Ralph E. Jones, Director of Information Systems, Association of the U. S. Army, Arlington, VA USA
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Leif Almö, CEO ScandNet AB (One of the Scandinavian pioneers of Internet commerce)
"I again want to express my appreciation for the amazing work which you do. It must give you immense satisfaction to know that you affect so many lives in such a profound way."
Craig Halsted - CEO Lasher Tools
"FutureWorld - yours is a truly visionary and amazing enterprise! (The open letter to Thabo Mbeki) is the most exciting solution to an economic crisis that the world has ever seen!"
Tanya van der Spuy - Senior lecturer in tax at the University of Pretoria
"As I wrote in the feedback mail, your part was the most interesting and valuable one in that week!"
Richard Wang CEO Wartsila, China
"Thanks also for your great presentation at the LBS which I have not only enjoyed but which has also inspired me a lot (does not happen that often!)."
Thomas Becker- Wartsila
"Thanks again for your inspirational session in Mumbai. We had a seriously good week out there."
Jules Goddard - Professor London Business School
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Leon Steyn, Divisional Executive: Human Resources, Prestige Cleaning Services (Pty) Ltd
"An excellent presentation on what the future could be for us, and a relevant insight for us to define our critical 'Must Win Battles'"
Olivier Desponds, Head, Nestle Nutrition Africa
"Fantastic and insightful; extremely relevant in our context."
Peter Sands, Group CEO, Standard Chartered Bank
"A mind-blowing presentation on change and the future of financial services."
Sohana Maharaj, Chief Operating Officer, ABSA Brokers
"This was the best, most provocative summary ever about (the future of) China."
William Kistler, President, Urban Land Institute, Europe
"One of the most insightful presentations I've ever heard."
Javier Roza, Managing Director, Unilever Portugal
"Wow! That was great! I loved listening to your ideas! That was the most important set of concepts that I've heard anyone talk about in a long time."
Greg Homan, Director, Emerging Technologies, Nextel Communications
"I haven't seen the challenges and opportunities of future business, communities and people so powerfully presented before. Wolfgang's life cycles reminded me exactly of what went right and wrong in our business."
Dame Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop
"Practical and inspirational. Highly relevant if you don't want someone else eating your cheese."
Radames Soto, CEO Wall Street Journal.com
"Just one project we're developing will pay for the entire process for the next five years."
Bernard Swanepoel - CEO, Harmony
"The process helped us to establish five new businesses in 18 months."
Leon Vermaak - CEO, Telesure
"Without this process, Deloitte's own revenues would be R260m less."
Vassi Naidoo (2005) - Former CEO, Deloitte SA
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