In the media
Graeme writes regularly for many magazines and journals, and is a sought after commentator and analyst for radio and television. He has appeared on TV in South Africa, the UK, the USA, Chile, Dubai and the Middle East, and on radio in numerous countries, including the USA. He has been a feature writer for many magazines, and has had his own column in Intelligence, Directorship, One+ and Today magazines.
Graeme featured on a TV interview on Africa’s longest running investigative journalism show, Carte Blanche, looking at the best companies to work for. Click here to see an edited version on Viddler.
Graeme is regularly sought for his expert opinion on the future of work and strategic people issues by radio and TV. He has appeared on Radio 702, Cape Talk, Radio Today on the BBC, Radio 2000, and SAfM, amongst others. He has appeared on Summit TV, CNBC, SABC Africa, Dubai 7 TV, Carte Blanche on MNet, BizNetwork and various other business television programmes. He is currently developing a media profile in Europe and the UK.
Graeme currently writes as a regular contributor or columnist for:
- The University of Witwatersrand Business School Journal
- Meeting Professionals International ONE+ magazine
- Bizcommunity
- Directorship, IOD’s magazine
Click here to contact Graeme if you want him to contribute to your magazine, radio or TV show, or for an expert opinion in his fields of expertise.
Some of Graeme’s media contributions include:
- 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
- 2012/02 – VoIP phones could be working better than ever in UK homes
- 2011/10/28 – 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
- 2011/10/19 – 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 – Interviewed by Gerald Petersen on 1 Africa.tv on “How to be a Futurist”
- 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
- Interview by Laura Goodrich on BlogTalkRadio’s ‘Future Work’ show – listen to it here
- 2011/06 – Rerun of an old interview on ‘Focus On Empowerment’ to coincide with Michelle Obama’s African tour – listen to it here
- 2011/05 – Lucy Laycock’s “Lulu in London” show included me in a segment entitled, ‘A Social Media Revolution’. Listen to it here.
- 2011/05/25 – Quoted in Tech Radar’s ‘Internet of Things: how it will change the world‘
- 2011/05 – 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
- 2011/05 – Interviewed on Voice America’s “Unleashed for Impact”
- 2011/04 – Graeme Codrington featured on The Media Coach about our new “Implementing Strategy @ Speed” framework
- 2011/04 – “I’ve Got Your Number” – The Enneagram for Sales People, 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 – Interviewed by Blog Talk Radio’s Customer Experience Show
- 2011/01/10 – Canon Research into digital communications – read the press release
- 2011/01 – A Parents Guide to Digital Media (Parenting magazine) – read it here
- 2010/11/14 – Graeme quoted in Scotland on Sunday article on “Scrooges axe workers’ festive parties” – read it here
- 2010/10 – IOD Directorship magazine – “Get Rid of Your IT Department” – read it in PDF format
- 2010/10 – MPI One+ column: “Conferences Need More Power (and Connectivity)” – read it here
- 2010/10 – Press TV interview with Rattansi & Ridley – watch it at YouTube. (Note: This interview was supposed to be about Tony Blair’s recently released Memoir, but it went down a whole different route. Enjoy the few moments when I try and work out what interview we’re actually doing)
- 2010/10 – Sales Guru magazine article on using values based selling to enhance your sales
- 2010/09 – MPI One+ column: “Five Disruptive Forces Will Change the Meeting Industry Forever” – read it online here
- 2010/08 – WITS Business School Journal
- 2010/02 – Standard Bank Staff and Client Magazine, “Tides of Change” – Download PDF here
- 2010/02 – Risk SA, expert comment in article on “Going Virtual” – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 and Page 4
- 2010/02 – Quoted in Fin24 column on “Snapping up star talent”
- 2010/02 – Industry must prepare for post-recession business, quoted in Conference & Incentive Travel online mag about “After Shock” presentation at International Confex event
- 2009/07 – “What Do Your People Really Want”, published in Entrepreneur magazine, July 2009 – 936Kb
- 2009/03 – “Understanding Your Child’s World” for the Health Institute – read it here as a PDF
- 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 – 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”
- 2008/11 – Retail Fraud magazine, Nov 2008, article by Graeme Codrington, “The Generation Game” – read it online here
- 2008/10 – Citizen newspaper (South Africa), review of Graeme Codrington’s latest book, “Future-Proof Your Child” – read it online here
- 2008/08/26 – Interviewed on ClassicFM’s evening business show, on “The Millennial generation and business strategy”
- 2008/06/09 – “Generation X at Work”, interviewed on CNBC
- 2008/05 – 07 – A three part series on Generations, carried in Incisive Media’s Mortgage Solutions magazine, UK. Read the first one online here.
- 2008/02/19 – “Talent”, interviewed on BizNetwork, a cable TV show for small business owners – click here for an edited version of this interview on YouTube
- 2008/02/23 – “New Rules for a New Generation”, published in Fresh Business Thinking, UK, newsletter – read it online here
- 2008/02 – Featured Speaker on the Academy for Chief Executive’s website – read it here
- 2007/08/27 – quoted extensively in SA FinWeek’s cover story, “Take Your Job and Shove It” – read the PDF here (980Kb download – right click and save as).
- 2007/07/05 – The Times of London profiled consultants. TomorrowToday’s involvement with a UK client, Whitefriars, was exceptionally positively reviewed. Read it here
- 2007/07 – Men’s Health, on generations – Download PDF
- 2006/07/16 – Carte Blanche, Africa’s top investigative journalism TV show, on the issue of “Best Companies to Work For” – see Carte Blanche Transcript, and TmTd write up. Watch an edited version of this on YouTube.
- 2005/12/10 – Cover story of SA’s HR Future entitled “Trends for 2006 in the Spotlight” – view the cover, read page 1, read page 2
- 2005/12/01 – “Managing Virtual Teams”, cover article in Management - read page 1, read page 2
Graeme is often quoted and cited on webpages and in online media. Here are some of his favourites:
- Presentation on Technology and the generations in schools
- Summary of Graeme’s workshops for a private hospital group in Iran, December 2010
- Learning and communication styles across the generations – online presentation
- A report from the Canadian Professional Speakers Association annual convention 2010
- A review of Mind the Gap – “one of the most eye-opening books of the last ten years”
- The Entitlement Generation
- Mind the (generation) gap – a review of Graeme’s workshops for the Academy for Chief Executives
- Consistency (including a video of Graeme)
- Stifled by the State
- Blue is the new green
- Review of the Richmond Events HR Forum, 2010
- Review of the AER Summer Conference 2010
- Have you Future-proofed your child?
- Report from WIN Conference, Paris, 2010
