Lemonaid: Recipes for succeeding in strange times – Salon Session

There is a lot going on right now. We are inundated with headlines screaming about pollycrisis. The threats we face are myriad.   But any threat rotated the right way reveals itself to be an opportunity… This talk looks at how to pull “jijitsu” moves to turn the momentum of threatening trends and scary signals into […]

The State We’re In 2025: Into The Void – Salon Session

The State We’re In 2025 Salon STEPPING INTO THE VOID: CONFIDENCE AMIDST UNCERTAINTY  The annual Flux Trend briefing – The State We’re In – is an executive summary of where the world is and where it’s heading. Using the acronym T.R.E.N.D.S. – representing six trend pillars shaping how we will live, work and interact in the […]

From GenZ to Gen Alpha – Salon Session

Understand the world Workplace conflict with Gen Z might be the current bugbear for businesses but Flux Trends suggests you also keep your eye on Gen Alpha. If you think tech savvy Gen Z’s are changing the status quo in retail, social justice issues and company culture, then Gen Alpha will surprise you. They have […]

Scenarios for South Africa 

5 minutes to 5 years  In this salon Bronwyn Williams and Tumelo Mojapelo lead a mini workshop and salon unpacking and enriching scenarios for what is next for South Africa. We will take you on a journey from what is, to what if, and invite you to be active citizens rather than passive passengers in […]

Leading Through Endings and Beginnings – A Flux Trends Salon

Change: abrupt and gradual endings, and new beginnings, are a guaranteed even if not comfortable part of life, and of businesses. Change happens by chance, by choice or by crisis. At this Flux Trends Salon, you are invited to join Dion Chang, death doula, and Nikki Bush, disruption queen, in conversation about living and leading […]

The Futurists 2024

Johannesburg I Cape Town I Durban The Premier Trends Events in Southern Africa. Brought to you by Heavy Chef and Flux Trends.  It’s time for annual ‘The Futurists’ event – the most informed and exciting way to kick off the year for all entrepreneurs. This time around we’re asking ‘What does the Future look like for South Africa? […]

Death & Rebirth: The Rise of the Phoenix

Our Death & Rebirth Salon is sold out! Click here to register your interest. We know that the pandemic was a watershed event, then 2023 happened, and the turmoil continued. As 2023 draws to an end, we have continued to see the world unravel and find ourselves scraping through the last stretch of 2023. Life […]

Our Future of Us Salon is coming to Cape Town!

The post-Covid, post “knowledge economy” era requires a new social contract for a new world order that reflects the fundamental shifts changing minds, bodies and what it means to be human – collectively and individually.  Our second salon of the year will take a closer look at how and why the current democratic social contract […]

SWI 2022 Salon

THE RE-ENTRY TANGO: NAVIGATING AN ALTERED LANDSCAPE Humanity is being shown – in no uncertain terms – that there is no going back to 2019’s status quo, and those who think we are, will find themselves trapped in a cul-de-sac. The quest, and opportunity, is not simply to adapt but to rethink and reengineer a […]

The Post-Pandemic Retail Landscape Salon

The past two years have proven to be a challenge for the retail industry – aspects of the retail sector have been turned upside down by lockdown restrictions, supply chain disruptions, shortage of materials, crime, technology and shifting customer mindset and values.  Retail businesses currently find themselves in a perfect storm that allows them to […]