Elephants in the Boardroom
by TomorrowToday Consulting
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About this podcast
A podcast about the powerful forces transforming our world. It’s not just technology that shapes the future—there are deeper, often-ignored megatrends driving disruption. These Grey Elephants are the big challenges we hope will go away but can’t afford to ignore. Elephants in the Boardroom offers a megatrend radar for leaders who want to identify tomorrow’s most important opportunities, seize advantage, and shape a better future. Join us for unflinching discussions, incisive insights, and actionable strategies to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world. Powered by Achilles.
Episodes
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- Adaptive Intelligence: Why Our Ability to Learn Is Our Greatest Advantage with Dr Carmen Simon · 39 minAI is making us more productive. But is it making us more intelligent? As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of writing, thinking and making decisions on our…
- The AI Race: Are We Asking the Wrong Question? · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 21In September 2026, AI's builders started publicly warning that the technology could destroy us - while building faster than ever. Dean and Graeme think everyone is asking the…
- Strategic Procurement: Beyond Efficiency in an Age of Disruption with Paul Noël · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 20The supply chains that gave you thirty years of competitive advantage are now your greatest vulnerability. So what do you build instead? From the humanoid robot games in Beijing…
- Human Leadership: Why Experience Has No Expiry Date with Faisal Abdalla · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 19Faisal Abdalla became CEO of a 27-country business, stepped down in his early seventies - and took the HR job. What happens when experience refuses to expire? Dean van Leeuwen…
- Humans in the Lead: The Case for Advancing Intelligence, Not Just Automating It · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 18The real AI question isn't about automation - it's whether we're designing technology to advance human capability or quietly engineer it out. In this episode, Dean van Leeuwen…
- The Ageing Workforce: The Leadership Challenge Hiding in Plain Sight with Lucy Standing & Lynda Smith · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 17Why the most experienced workers in your organisation are the ones most likely to be filtered out - and what to do about it. Most organisations are facing talent shortages…
- Future of Education: Preparing Children for a World That Doesn’t Exist Yet with Jude Foulston · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 16We’ve spent decades making our organisations leaner, faster, and more efficient. But what if that optimisation is now the problem? Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen explore…
- Generational Intelligence: Turning Age Divide into Strategic Advantage with Zavier Coyne · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 15Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen open this month’s episode with a reflection on the volatility in and around the Middle East, not to add another layer of commentary to the…
- Modern Slavery: From Compliance Risk to Strategic Leadership with James Cockayne · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 14Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen recorded this month’s episode against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Middle East. Following US–Israeli strikes on Iran and…
- Beyond Accommodation: Building Neuroinclusive Organisations with Dr. Sarah Babb · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 13February 2026 already feels like a year. In this month’s episode, Graeme Codrington explores two forces leaders can’t afford to treat as background noise: geopolitical rupture…
- From Signals to Consequences - 2026 Predictions Special · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 12The future isn’t hiding in forecasts or trend reports. It’s already standing in front of us. In this special episode, Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen examine the grey…
- The Future Isn’t Predicted - It’s Created: Live from Dubai Futures Forum · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 11In this special episode, hosts Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen broadcast live from the Dubai Futures Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists. They share insights…
- AI’s Power Hunger, Sovereign AI & Sand Scarcity - Lessons from South Africa (with Tom Eaton) · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 10Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen explore this month’s “grey elephants”: the collision of AI and energy demand, the strategic rise of sovereign AI, and an overlooked…
- Signals from the Deep: Data Bunkers, UN & the Future of Shipping with guest Øistein Jensen Chief Sustainability Officer Odfjell · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 9Episode Overview Graeme Codrington (Johannesburg) and Dean Van Leeuwen (South of London) explore fresh “grey elephant” signals—from subterranean data centres and living with a…
- Multipolarity, wars and rumours of wars, and the future of supply chains. · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 8Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen return with a timely and urgent discussion about the shifting balance of global power and its implications for business leaders. From…
- Career Reinvention and Fierce Care in Leadership · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 7Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen are joined by Tony, a former professional rugby player who has successfully reinvented himself three times throughout his career. In this…
- Agentic AI and the Future of Industry Innovation · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 6Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen open this episode with a tribute to Paul Stanley, the former CEO of Achilles, whose legacy transformed the supply chain and ESG sectors…
- The Urgency of Sustainability with Pia Heidenmark Cook, senior ESG and sustainability leader · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 5This month, we are joined by Pia Heidenmark Cook, one of the most prominent leaders in corporate sustainability, to discuss the urgent actions businesses must take to address…
- Enhancing Sustainability Through Green Mining with Neal Froneman from Sibanye Stillwater · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this episode, hosts Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen from TomorrowToday Consulting, are joined by Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye Stillwater to discuss the future of green…
- The Future of Supply Chain Resilience with Paul Stanley from Achilles · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 3In this episode, hosts Graeme Codrington and Dean Van Leeuwen from TomorrowToday Consulting, are joined by CEO of Achilles, Paul Stanley for a discussion on the intricate world…
