In the Media

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• For the Institute of Financial Planners annual convention publication – download the PDF version here 952Kb. September 2008.

Media Appearances

As recognised experts on the future of work, how to attract and retain talented staff and how to connect to valued customers, we are often called upon to appear on TV or radio as expert commentators. Here are a few online video extracts of recent work we have done with the media:

• 2012/02/08 – Dean van Leeuwen interviewed for Channel 4 News on Virtual workplaces.
  
• 2011/10/19 – Graeme Codrington on BBC Radio Suffolk, Mark Murphy show on “The death of the landline?” – listen to the lead in here, and the 6 minute interview here
  
• 2011/10 – Graeme Codrington interviewed by Gerald Petersen on 1 Africa.tv on “How to be a Futurist”
  
• 2011/06 – Graeme Codrington interviewed by Laura Goodrich on BlogTalkRadio’s ‘Future Work’ show – listen to it here
  
• 2011/05 – Graeme Codrington included in Lucy Laycock’s “Lulu in London” show in a segment entitled, ‘A Social Media Revolution’. Listen to it here.
  
• 2011/05 – Graeme Codrington interviewed on Voice America’s “Unleashed for Impact”
  
• 2011/04 – Graeme Codrington featured on The Media Coach about our new “Implementing Strategy @ Speed” framework
  
• 2011/01 – Graeme Codrington interviewed by Blog Talk Radio’s Customer Experience Show
  
• 2010/10 – Dean van Leeuwen interviewed on Blog Talk Radio’s Customer Experience Show
  
• Graeme interviewed for Management Issues podcast, on generational changes, the 2008 US election and managing young people. Listen to it here.
  
• Graeme Codrington on ‘Best Companies to Work For’ – available on Viddler.com

Publications

We are regularly called upon for expert comment and analysis in the media. Below are just a selection of the numerous media references we have accumulated, giving a sampling of styles and content.

Many of the following are PDF files or links. Right click and “Save link as” to download the PDF files if you cannot see them in your browser.





• 2012/06 – How to Save the World – in Oprah’s O magazine (June 2012 edition, SA)
  
• 2012/04 – Preparing for the Future – in Fashion and Footwear magazine
  
• 2012/02 – Home working ‘to be boosted by technology’
  
• 2012/02 – Employee reward and benefits news: Body Shop ‘to outsource flexible benefits’
  
• 2012/02 – Home working ‘to rely on instant messaging’
  
• 2012/02 – Most employees pushing for flexible working
  
• 2012/02 – Equity Release Equity release news: Remote working to be an option for many older workers, referencing Graeme Codrington
  
• 2012/02 – VoIP phones could be working better than ever in UK homes, referencing Graeme Codrington
  
• 2011/10/28 – Graeme Codrington featured in The Sun (page 32) responding to early census data: “75m of us will mean death of NHS, benefits…and your dining room” – read it here
  
• 2011/09 – Contribution to internal magazine for Haniel: “Innovation and work:
  eight key trends for the decade ahead” –
  download here – or in German here
  
• 2011/07/11 – Press release about a presentation for the Durban Municipality – “Codrington Leaves Managers in Awe” – read it online here
  
• 2011/06 – Dr Graeme Codrington writes for “Fresh Business Thinking” on ‘Connecting with Generation Y’ in the special Networking edition – read it online here
  
• 2011/05/25 – Dr Graeme Codrington quoted in Tech Radar’s ‘Internet of Things: how it will change the world‘
  
• 2011/05 – Dr Graeme Codrington profiled in Leadership magazine, South Africa – read PDF version here (a high quality version, 23Mb available here), or read it online at Leadership’s website
  
• 2011/04 – “I’ve Got Your Number” – The Enneagram for Sales People, by Dr Graeme Codrington and Saffron Baggallay, in ThinkSales magazine, April 2011 – read PDF version here (a high quality version, 31Mb available here)
  
• 2011/03/11 – “High touch is just as important as high tech” in ComputerWeekly – read it here
  
• 2011/02 – Out on a Limb – the official magazine of the UK footwear and accessories industry – Issue of the month feature: “The Future for Independent Retailers?” – read it online here (page 27) or see a screen shot here
  
• 2011/01/24 – Management Today: “Are firms failing to meet challenges of new technology?” - read it here
  
• 2011/01 – London Magazine – contribution to “London Dating” feature article
  
• 2011/01/10 – Canon Research into digital communications – read the press release
  
• 2010/11/14 – Graeme quoted in Scotland on Sunday article on “Scrooges axe workers’ festive parties” – read it here
  
• 2010/02 – Industry must prepare for post-recession business, quoted in Conference & Incentive Travel online mag about “After Shock” presentation at International Confex event
  
• Telegraph, Peterborough Today, Business feature including Graeme’s presentation at Cross Keys Homes five year anniversary 20 October 2009
  
• 2009/07 – “What Do Your People Really Want”, published in Entrepreneur magazine, July 2009 – 936Kb
  
• 2009/02/11 – “The Y Generation – implications for the meetings industry”, published in EventoPlus (in Spanish – read the Yahoo English translation online here)
  
• 2009/01 – “There’s Power in People”, published in Conference News, January 2009 – 596Kb
  
• 2009/01 – “In Turbulent Times, it’s your people that matter the most”, published in Conferences and Incentive Travel magazine, January 2009 – 508Kb
  
• 2009/01 – Interviewed for Meetings Review – see the video online here.
  
• 2009/01/22 – HR Zone article published, “In turbulent times, people matter” – Read it online here
  
• 2008/12/24 – Interviewed on BBC Wiltshire on “The Christmas of the Future”
  
• Retail Fraud magazine, Nov 2008, article by Graeme Codrington, “The Generation Game” – read it online here
  
• Citizen newspaper (South Africa), review of Graeme Codrington’s latest book, “Future-Proof Your Child” – read it online here
  
• Mortgage Solutions magazine, Three part series on the Generations, including customer service and recruitment focuses. Second quarter, 2008. Read the text of the first in the series on our blog site.
  
• Brand Report, Go For the Gap, July/Aug 2008, 76Kb

• Finweek cover story, September 2007 947Kb – “Take your job and shove it”, on how young workers are changing the workplace.
  
• The Times supplement on Consulting Firms, August 2007, 294Kb – a comment on the work we did with Whitefriars

• Men’s Health, July 2007 1.4Mb – “The Wisdom of Ages”, on the generation gap at work and play.
• Transcript of Carte Blanche TV insert, July 2006 38Kb – Africa’s longest running investigative journalism TV show takes a look at “Best companies to work for”, profiling Graeme Codrington.
• ASTD magazine 1.25Mb – “Change has changed”, The American Society for Training & Development’s magazine ran this article after Graeme addressed their International Convention with his presentation, “The Connection Economy”.
• Sunday Times, Business Times, 20 June 2004 635Kb – “Generation Gap is Worth Looking Into”
• IOD magazine, ‘Directorship’ 1.3Mb – “Keeping Up With Cool”.
• Future Company cover story, 2001 1.6Mb – “Generation Y: The Kids who will change the world” – Graeme Codrington was one of the first experts to write and talk about the new millennial generation of young people