Podcast appearances and mentions of dion chang

Pippa speaks Dion Chang, who is working as a pet doula, helping pet owners to navigate the loss of an animal companion. www.dionthedoula.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dion Chang is a well-known trends analyst who has trained as a death doula. He uses his skills and insight both in the world of work and as a companion to those experiencing something called disenfranchised grief, which is often associated with the loss of a cherished animal companion. In this episode, he describes his journey, offering invaluable perspective on cycles of life and death in several domains. He's a super-interesting guy with great ideas, who shares what it's like to enter the third age of life, and why he chooses ‘rewirement' over retirement - and why, for now, he is motivated to support people experiencing the loss of a pet.

After a decade run as South Africa's first and longest-running online current affairs show, The Burning Platform is levelling up – Level Up with Phumi Mashigo - under Podcast Party's Democracy Unplugged umbrella.…as well as live events where you can be part of the audience. Email podcastparty.co.za to reserve your place and add your voice. In the premiere episode of Level Up, this powerhouse panel unpacks the trends, shifts, and surprises 2025 has in store. Phumi is joined by trends guru Dion Chang, brain and brand expert Timothy Maurice, and political observer Xavier Bapoo to explore how politics, business, and human behavior will shape the year ahead. From global disruptions to South Africa's evolving political landscape, this episode is your guide to the future. The Burning Platform

After a decade run as South Africa's first and longest-running online current affairs show, The Burning Platform is levelling up – Level Up with Phumi Mashigo - under Podcast Party's Democracy Unplugged umbrella.…as well as live events where you can be part of the audience. Email podcastparty.co.za to reserve your place and add your voice. In the premiere episode of Level Up, this powerhouse panel unpacks the trends, shifts, and surprises 2025 has in store. Phumi is joined by trends guru Dion Chang, brain and brand expert Timothy Maurice, and political observer Xavier Bapoo to explore how politics, business, and human behavior will shape the year ahead. From global disruptions to South Africa's evolving political landscape, this episode is your guide to the future. The Burning Platform

Hot Topic Topic: Six Key Trend Pillars Shaping 2025 Guest: Dion Chang -Flux Trends

"The average household here [in South Africa] is 40% poorer than they were in the year 2016." Bronwyn Williams discuss the impact AI and technology will have on our future. 'The Future', written by Bronwyn Williams, Dion Chang, and Faeeza Khan, explains 80 key trends to anyone who is anxious or excited about thriving in the uncertain decade ahead. This discussion was recorded at The Business Ink Tank, on 20 September 2024.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Dion Chang, CEO and Co-Founder at FluxTrends about trends and insights in SA's current retail landscape.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dion Chang, CEO and Co-Founder of FluxTrends, discusses his new book, "The Future: Over 80 Key Trends for South Africa," with Motheo Khoaripe. This essential guide aims to help you futureproof your business, career, and family life amidst uncertainty. South Africa's leading trend forecasters provide comprehensive insights across six key pillars: technology, retail and marketing, the economy, the natural world, diplomacy, and society. Drawing from their authoritative annual 'State We're In' briefings, the book outlines over 80 key trends shaping the world and its trajectory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

07.03.23 Pt 2 - Dion Chang joins the show to discuss trends and the current state of 2023 - specifically in the age of Millennials and Gen Z. What is the future of AI tech, and what can we expect in the world going forward? Who are the young innovators, creatives and entrepreneurs building the future of South Africa? www.cliffcentral.com

What is the future of AI and technology? Who are the young innovators and creatives building the future of South Africa? What can Gen Z teach us about the world we're living in? Gareth speaks to trend analyst, Dion Chang.

#BizTrends2023: BIGIMPACT! The first of our exclusive BizTrends interviews. Dion Chang on the impact of trends from the Flux Trends State We're In briefing. Listen now to Dion in conversation with host Rutendo Nyamuda on the impact of ‘polycrisis, 'permacrisis', 'the great unravelling' and ‘the rise of the machines'! BizTakeouts: Soundbyte-size business news >>TO GO

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Covid hasn't been kind to a #4dayworkweek If anything it's made us restore factory settings and check our notifications. Enter Dion Chang. Dion Chang is a strategic thinker, keynote speaker, walking ideas bank, and professional cage rattler. He is one of South Africa's most respected trend analysts and founder of Flux Trends, which takes the unique view of “trends as business strategy”. ... He is an intrepid traveler, global citizen, and proudly South African. In this conversation, he shares what it took to be the first South African Company to roll out a #4dayworkweek and stick to it. Other talking points include resistance to change, the future of retail space, and rethinking work. If you liked that - you will also like this: https://www.fluxtrends.com/category/observations/ Find out more about the Podcast here: www.lenaski.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-supernova-podcast/message

In the Absa Insights podcast series, The Money Show's Bruce Whitfield engages in conversation with the bank's sector experts about investment possibilities in Agriculture, Consumer Goods and Services, Enterprise Supply Development and Telecommunications, Public Sector, and Natural Resources and Energy. In this episode: Dion Chang says lockdown has fast-tracked positive change in not just the retail sector For more visit http://cib.absa.africa See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dion Chang, founder of Flux Trends

In the Brandfather with Jeremy Sampson, MD of Brand Finance Africa, Michael Avery and Jeremy are joined by renowned trend analyst and futurist by Dion Chang, to talk about the decade of the yold – the young old. Coined by The Economist, one of the most august publications in the world, as sprightly baby-boomers hit 65, for the first time, the world will have more people aged over 30 than under. What is the significance of this? Baby Boomers, those born between 1946-1964, have the greatest spending power of any generation. Yet they are frequently being overlooked by brands in favour of ‘millennials’ (born 1981 to 1996) and ‘gen Z’ (born mid-1990s to early 2000s). Advertisers and marketers ignore this demographic (when they have purchase power) in favour of a youth market (who have far less purchase power) at their peril.

Over the past half-decade, or even longer, it feels like something has changed drastically across the world. It could be the influence of social media and how it allows trends to scale quickly across the world, or it could be something else. One of those changes is more visibility being given to black people protesting and fighting against centuries of systemic racism. There's another possible trend I have observed that, for lack of a better word, I call “nationalism." More and more politicians and people pushing for more inward focussed policies. Even in South Africa, we have witnessed many protests against big companies that have had racist advertisements and in some cases, we have observed as social media is being used by many people to try and push for an agenda against foreign nationals. The question that begs to ask though is are there any underlying trends that are driving these changes and sentiments? In this episode of The Tefo Mohapi Show we are joined by Dion Chang, Founder at South Africa's Flux Trends, a company that analyses macro trends that influence social dynamics and our business interactions. Dion discusses and helps us understand some of the trends that look like they are shaping our zeitgeist.

Trend Analyst Dion Chang helps us connect unexpected dots, as he unpacks skills of the future and the importance of Generation Z - the most pronounced age demographic on the African continent.   Dion was fashion editor at Elle Magazine before founding FluxTrends. He tags himself a global citizen who is proudly South African. The observer. Forever curious.   Twitter: @dionchang Instagram: @dionchang www.fluxtrends.com  

This week on Topco Business Unusual podcast, we converse with trend strategist, Dion Chang - innovator, creative thinker and walking ideas bank. His company Flux Trends specialises in understanding the consumer mindset and identifying unexpected business opportunities. Dion works with companies and executives looking at how trends disrupt technology and how new systems are going to impact a sector or a business. However, many executives are trying to fit everything to an old 20th century system and not moving with the times. These are some of the exciting takeaways from the podcast: Africa In the next two to three decades the African continent will have incredible things happening. Africa just needs to flip the thinking of “tomorrow is another day” Out with the old in with the new Dion is advocating change and he has been doing that for a while now. He knows when to leave the party and advises that you should not be the person who hangs around until the host wants to go to bed. COVID-19 Many companies might have to adopt the 4:10 days rule where employees would work four days in the office and ten days remotely. That way if anyone contracts the virus within the four days working in the office, then they have ten days' self-isolation to see if they are showing symptoms. Trends, gen Z and business Timing is crucial, understanding what a company's struggles are and where and when they need to innovate. The awareness of political issues, of climate change and of things that are fundamentally nonnegotiable for generation Z is going to impact retail – and any consumer brand or employer that is not adapting is going to be left behind.

This week on Topco Business Unusual podcast, we converse with trend strategist, Dion Chang - innovator, creative thinker and walking ideas bank. His company Flux Trends specialises in understanding the consumer mindset and identifying unexpected business opportunities. Dion works with companies and executives looking at how trends disrupt technology and how new systems are going to impact a sector or a business. However, many executives are trying to fit everything to an old 20th century system and not moving with the times. These are some of the exciting takeaways from the podcast: Africa In the next two to three decades the African continent will have incredible things happening. Africa just needs to flip the thinking of “tomorrow is another day” Out with the old in with the new Dion is advocating change and he has been doing that for a while now. He knows when to leave the party and advises that you should not be the person who hangs around until the host wants to go to bed. COVID-19 Many companies might have to adopt the 4:10 days rule where employees would work four days in the office and ten days remotely. That way if anyone contracts the virus within the four days working in the office, then they have ten days' self-isolation to see if they are showing symptoms. Trends, gen Z and business Timing is crucial, understanding what a company's struggles are and where and when they need to innovate. The awareness of political issues, of climate change and of things that are fundamentally nonnegotiable for generation Z is going to impact retail – and any consumer brand or employer that is not adapting is going to be left behind.

We go into the future with Dion Chang, a world-renowned Futurist who casts a lens on the technological revolution, AI, VR, AR, big data and robotics. Get all the hacks for new businesses from the expert on future-proofing businesses. And get a sneak preview into some of the insights that he and his team are most compelled (and frightened) by in the years ahead.

Disruption comes in many forms and some forms may be easier to overlook than others. Non-tech disruptors may fall into this category, but can be just as disruptive, if not more so. Be that as it may, it is every organisation's responsibility to monitor and understand the trends that are shaping and have the potential to disrupt their industry or business.  International Trend analyst and 'cage-rattler', Dion Chang talks us through how 'horizon scanning' is not only great, but pivotal for the sustainability of today's business. 

Bruce Whitfield interviews Flux Trends founder Dion Chang about his attitude to money (hopes and fears, successes and failures.).

More about Dion Chang - Dion Chang is a strategic thinker, keynote speaker, a walking ideas bank and professional cage rattler. He is one of South Africa’s most respected trend analysts and founder of Flux Trends, which takes the unique view of “trends as business strategy”. Flux Trends specialises in identifying unexpected business opportunities within shifting trends, and specifically the impact of disruptive technologies - across all industries - ensuring that global trends have relevance when translated for African, and South African businesses. Dion is passionate about assisting companies embrace change and embedding a culture of innovation into corporate operating systems. As a result, he is used as a management consultant for businesses facing disruption and challenged with adapting to a new world order. He lectures Foresight and Innovation Implementation modules for executives and senior management at various business schools, including GIBS, UCT’s Graduate School of Business and Duke CE. He has devised and hosted three trend conferences and published three trend books. Apart from being an information source for cross-industry trends for many journalists, he also writes columns for City Press, Acumen (a C-suite business quarterly for GIBS) and is a regular podcast contributor to eBizRadio, as well as the #TrendFit business slot on The Carmen Murray Show. His 20-year experience in the media industry as a journalist and media spokesperson, enables him to provide insights into the ever-changing relationship between brands, consumers and the communication channels that bind them. He has a deep passion for youth trends and subcultures, as well as for innovation for greater good. He is an intrepid traveller, global citizen and proud South African. Dion’s Business Flux Trends - www.fluxtrends.com LinkedIn - Flux Trends - https://www.linkedin.com/company/flux-trends/ Twitter - Flux Trends - https://twitter.com/fluxtrends Instagram - Flux Trends - https://www.instagram.com/fluxtrends/?hl=en Connect with Dion here - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dion-chang-a8b5379/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/dionchang Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dion.chang.ZA Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dionchang/?hl=en One More Question is a podcast by Nicework (https://www.nicework.in/) a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossdrakes/). Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

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CliffCentral.com — In a world struggling to adapt to a new world order, how does trends analysis solve this problem? Mpumi chats to Dion Chang - an Observer/Trend Analyst and founder of Flux Trends. Powered by T-Systems South Africa.

Henley Intelligence — Is your business future-proof and how can it take advantage of “the rise of the machines”? What skills must we ensure our children develop for the future world of work? And are giant retail spaces like malls soon to be ghost towns? Jon Foster-Pedley, Dean of Henley Africa interrogates these questions and their answers with well known trends guru and analyst, Dion Chang of Flux Trends.

Intelligent Africa™ — CliffCentral.com — Dion Chang - Futurist, Observer, and CEO - talks to Gareth Armstrong about all things innovation, trends, and the future of work during this #FutureCEOs conversation. The future is exciting, scary, and almost totally unpredictable. Listen here to find out more.

CliffCentral.com — Dion Chang - Futurist, Observer, and CEO - talks to Gareth Armstrong about all things innovation, trends, and the future of work during this #FutureCEOs conversation. The future is exciting, scary, and almost totally unpredictable. Listen here to find out more.

CliffCentral.com — Andrew Levy explores what the future of tertiary education could look like. He speaks to trends analyst Dion Chang and founder of 'We Think Code', Arlene Mulder.