Archive for November, 2009

Podcast of Glen Hiemstra Keynote on Systems Change

In mid-October 2009 I gave a closing keynote speech to the 2009 Institute for Oral Health conference on defining quality. They had asked me to address the question of how one goes about promoting systems change. The podcast of my talk is now available here. To provide some insight on making systems change, I went [...]

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Creativity and Community: Notes from A European Visit

I recently returned from presenting a workshop at the European Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Brussels. The theme of the conference was “Make It Happen,” with a focus on moving from the idea space, into implementation. Keynoters Kobus Neethling, Tim Hurson, Mark Raison, and others brought passionate perspectives to the task of realizing creative [...]

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Seven Weeks Into the Future

I’ve been asked all year how the futuring business is going – are people interested in the future, and willing to pay for programs? The year 2009 has been up and down, but beginning in mid-September we began one of the most amazing strings of programs and events in two decades. First, Lexis Nexis invited [...]

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Hydrovolts offers electricity of the future

You have a chance to vote for the Inc.com new entrepreneur of the year in the next 24 hours, and here is why I suggest you vote for a Seattle, Washington based company called Hydrovolts. Last week co-founders Chris Leyerle, COO, and Burt Hamner, President, sat down for an hour with me, and explained their [...]

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