Graeme Codrington

Graeme Codrington is a South African author, futurist and strategy consultant, and a founding director of strategic insights firm, TomorrowToday.[1][2]

Graeme Trevor Codrington
Codrington speaking at Canadian Association of Professional Speakers in 2010
Born8 October 1970
Johannesburg
NationalitySouth Africa / British
Occupationbusiness consultant, speaker, and writer
Spouse(s)Jane
Websitewww.graemecodrington.com

Early life and education

Codrington was born in 1970 in Johannesburg and is the oldest of three children. He attended Parktown Boys' High School and matriculated in 1988. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand, Bachelor of Arts from the University of Zululand, Honours in Youth Ministry from the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa, a Masters in Diaconology from the University of South Africa, and a DBA from Rushmore University.[2]

Career

Codrington is best known for his work on Generational Theory. In 2001, he completed a Masters Thesis applying the work of Neil Howe and William Strauss's Strauss–Howe generational theory to South Africa and Africa. His insights into generational theory resulted in two books published by Penguin, and have since been cited over 50 times in other research and publications.[3] He is often called upon as a commentator on social and future trends. Codrington's work is used by a variety industries as varied as insurance,[4] hospitality,[5] marketing[6][7] branding,[8] local government,[9] Christian ministry,[10] human resources,[11] and financial advisory services.[12]

Codrington was featured in Africa's longest running investigative journalism TV show, Carte Blanche for his work on great companies to work for and staff engagement.[13]

He is a guest lecturer on adjunct faculty at the London Business School,[14] Duke Corporate Education[15][16] and the Gordon Institute of Business Science.[17] He is also on the faculty of the Institute for Management Studies[18] and on the faculty of the Liberty University MBA and PhD courses run in Tehran, Iran by Hamayesh Farazan[19] Graeme spoke at the TEDx SquareMile event in November 2012 on The Third Wave of the Digital Age.[20]

References
  1. "TomorrowToday International". Tomorrowtoday.biz. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. "Graeme Codrington | Who's Who SA". Whoswho.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. "Google Scholar". Scholar.google.co.za. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. Morelli, Steve. "How To Use Social Media in the Know-It-All World – Top News". InsuranceNewsNet.com. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. Perkins, Carina (9 June 2014). "Hospitality Generation Y". Bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  6. "Generation X and the boomerang effect". Marketing Update. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. Mulrooney, Bronwyn (2006). "Don't Generalise, Generation-alise" (PDF). Marketing Mix.
  8. de Waal, Mandy (July–August 2008). "Go For the Gap" (PDF). Brand Report.
  9. "Codrington leaves Managers in Awe". Mile.org.za. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. "XEE (youth and adult)". Evangelismexplosion.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. "How Dare They? Understanding and Working With Generation Y". Human Capital Review. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. "Blanket advice 'will not fill generation gaps' – New Model Adviser®". Citywire.co.uk. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. "Great Companies to Work For" (video). Carte Blanche. 2006.
  14. "Thought Leaders Network" (PDF). London Business School Thought Leaders Network brochure. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014.
  15. "Our Educators". Duke CE. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  16. "Graeme Codrington: The Tides of Change". Dukece.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Dr. Graeme Codrington". Ims-online.com. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  19. "Speakers". Hamayeshfarazan.org. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  20. Added (11 December 2012). "Watch "The Third Wave of the Digital Age_Graeme [email protected]" Video at TEDxTalks". Tedxtalks.ted.com. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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