Christmas and Winter Solstice Special!

Dear readers,
As a token of thanks for your loyalty and your constant feedback about the Ogunte micro-magazine and our services, I would like to say thank you and share with you a couple of videos, books and games that we have found insightful this year. (And note the job request!)

The team are looking forward to meeting you in 2011, and especially celebrate with you 10 years of Ogunte and 5 years of Women's Social Leadership Awards in June!

Connect with me on Twitter @ogunte and Like! the new OGUNTE page on Facebook!

Best wishes
Servane Mouazan
Founder Director Ogunte | Global Tribal Network

2010 Map of the Decade

A Futurology Boardgame by the Institute for the Future

As part of its ongoing 10 year forecast programme, the Institute for the Future has released a 2010 Map of the Decade. IFTF are already groundbreakers in the application of gaming techniques and technologies to futures thinking and this latest Map of the Decade continues that work.

The Map identifies big forces that will shape the decade:
The Carbon Economy
The Water Ecology
Adaptive Power
Cities in Transition
Molecular Identity

and across these forces lays four over-arching alternative scenarios:
Growth: One Step Ahead of Disaster
Constraint: Sustainable Paths in a Low-Capital World
Collapse: Local Disaster, Regional Conflicts
Transformation: Superstructed Systems

to create a gameboard on which different futures can be played out.
The 2010 Map of the Decade is now available for free download as a PDF, or you may purchase a printed version online here.

Twitter: @iftf

REDEFINING EMPLOYMENT

An Ogunte Project for 2011

We are looking for women who...

• have strengths in - at least- 3 skills and possess professional certificates where appropriate.
• a combination of service and "vocational" skills like: "Coach, Plumber, Painter", or "Nanny, Accountant, Translator" or "Copywriter, Cleaner, Fitness Coach". Or or instance: "Cook, GP, Driver", any combination works as long as these are 3 strong skills.
• are looking for free-lance opportunities.
• are motivated, driven, enthusiastic about making a success of their life, with an innovative idea, whilst staying flexible and available for other streams of work.

Write to us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a VERY short description of your top 3 skills (and main credentials). We'll get in touch immediately.

Seth Godin's Blog - Marketing Genius!

WRITER of bestselling books about marketing, SPEAKER with a unique style and great reputation, ENTREPRENEUR with a track record, Seth Godin writes a daily blog that really helped me understand a few facts about marketing, and his blogs are like an automated coaching service that just reminds me to do the obvious... Duh! Like this one:

Make something happen

If I had to pick one piece of marketing advice to give you, that would be it.

Now.

Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.

See Seth's best blogs from the last two years here.
Follow him on Twitter: @ThisIsSethsBlog

Simon Sinek's Golden Circle

WHY HOW WHAT

With a little discipline, anyone can learn to inspire.

START WITH WHY offers an unconventional perspective that explains WHY some people and organizations are more innovative, more profitable, command greater loyalties from customers and employees alike and, most importantly, are able to repeat their success over and over. These are not the one hit wonders. These are the ones who change the course of industries or even society.

Follow on Twitter: @simonsinek