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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 technology [...]
The City of Destiny and a New Generation
I had an enjoyable day yesterday, speaking at the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the Tacoma Pierce County Chamber. Beginning with a trip back to Tacoma’s boisterous past as the self-named “City of Destiny,” the luncheon finished up with a video of upcoming business leaders, including representatives from the Port of Tacoma, the University of Washington-Tacoma, [...]
Full StoryThe futurists and local transportation futures
The past week has been one of publicity for me, Futurist.com, and Seattle-area futurists.
The Seattle Times, in their Sunday magazine called Pacific Northwest, did a cover story profile, called “The Futurists.” The writer, Carol Ostrom, had approached me with the concept for a story on future trends and in the initial conversation [...]
Future of U.S. Health Insurance Costs
Recently my friend Mark Anderson was quoted as saying that rising health insurance costs were a key reason that General Motors faltered. This was my argument when I suggested to Business Week early this year that relieving business of the private insurance industry costs would be an innovation that would assist in getting beyond [...]
Full StoryRainforest SOS Campaign is Launched
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the Prince’s Rainforest Project. (see The Prince and the Frog). Their SOS Campaign launches today.
Slowing rainforest depletion is imperative. As the project website states: “If we lose the battle against tropical deforestation, we lose the battle against climate change.”
Futurist.com has joined the business community in partnering with the [...]
Zino Society Investment Forum – Winners and My Keynote Speech
I had a great time yesterday at the Zino Society Zillionaire Investment Forum, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle. I had the privilege of delivering a brief keynote speech. The Forum was an opportunity for 28 entrepreneurs to present the investment case for their companies, competing for two investment prizes of $50,000, [...]
Full StoryThe Prince and The Frog
The Prince and the Frog – it’s not what you think.
Prince Charles envites you to embrace the frogs, and in doing so save the tropical rain forest. It’s not a fairy tale, but an SOS to save a crucial part of the planet, upon which we all depend.
The rainforests, where these frogs live, are the [...]
Full StoryFuture of Health Care Reform in U.S., by Glen Hiemstra, Futurist & Speaker
Yesterday marked the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. This event turned my attention even more to the subject of health care reform in the United States. Early in the year, responding to Time Magazine, I suggested that health care reform was a fundamental innovation to help move us beyond the recession. I [...]
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