Archive for September, 2007
Professional Organizations Going Green
By the time Friday morning is over, I’ll have given two speeches in a week. Now, since I’m so busy, I only give about five keynotes a year, so this is pretty unusual. As different as the two industries I’m speaking to (restaurants and architects) are, I noticed a really pleasing similarity. The Oregon Restaurant [...]
Full StoryBooming Diversity in the Northwest
This Tuesday, I attended a panel luncheon called “The Eastside’s Booming Diversity: Cultivating a Connected Community,” presented by Leadership Eastside. The “Eastside” refers to the east side of Lake Washington (Seattle is on the west side of the lake). In addition to Futurist.com’s hometown of Kirkland, the Eastside includes 23 towns, and has a population [...]
Full StoryClimate Change: The Elephant in the Room and the Jazz Band
I spent yesterday at the Discover Brilliant conference in Seattle. Very nice, long first day. PS Reilly, the conference organizer, made a choice about how to start the conference. She trotted out one of the bigger elephants in the climate change room and let it wander about and break some myths. Her opening speakers were [...]
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The blog today is about the future of housing in America. I have just finished a keynote speech to the annual Washington Housing Conference, in Spokane, Washington. The speech is viewable online in WMV at TVW. The PowerPoint slide program is here: The Future of Housing and the Mortgage Crisis view presentation (tags: hiemstra futurist [...]
Full StoryGlen Hiemstra Video on the Future of Water
Water is one of the essential ingredients for life. Water quality effects you, your family and your business. In this video, Glen Hiemstra, the lead futurist and founder of Futurist.com provides you with interesting insights into the Future of Water. Glen cites a guest speaker from the http://www.futureinreview.com event and how what were thought to [...]
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The topic today is the future of something called EHS Auditing, or environmental, health and safety auditing. I am on my way to Philadelphia for the 25th Anniversary meeting of the Auditing Roundtable, where I will provide a keynote speech looking at the future of this unique association. Following my talk, Roundtable members will discuss [...]
Full StoryThe Digital Divide
An AP article, We work hard: U.S. at the top in productivity, by Bradley S. Klapper, has been generating discussion. According to the article, a good portion of why we are the most productive first world country is because of the information technology revolution. This is scary. Yes, Microsoft and Oracle and Apple and Dell [...]
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