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More Future Forecasts
As the year and the decade turned, I was invited by a variety of media outlets to contribute via interviews to articles looking ahead. Some looked at the coming decade, others at the coming year. Two more are now available online. Wesley Hester and John Reid Blackwell penned a look at the past and future [...]
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Among several New Year articles for which I was interviewed, and which I’ll summarize tomorrow in addition to laying out my outlook for 2010, this New York Times article by Harvey Araton stands out. Mr. Araton is a features columnist who asked what may happen with pro sports in the next decade. See “2020 Vision.”
Full StoryCreativity 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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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 have little doubt [...]
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An hour or two ago the World Health Organization raised the pandemic alert level for the Swine Flu from level 4 to level 5 (out of 6), meaning the WHO now believes a pandemic is imminent and that nations should now implement their pandemic preparedness plans. Let’s clarify what a pandemic is – technically the [...]
Full StoryFlu Pandemic Likelihood and Paradox
Thinking about the current Swine Flu epidemic and possible pandemic, a couple of thoughts. First, among the most asked question of me as a futurist speaker in the past several years has been, “Will we eventually be wiped out by a global pandemic or plague?” My answer is that this is possible, but nearly as [...]
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The Atlanta Regional Commission is the regional governance organization for Atlanta and surrounding counties. I first met them in the 1990’s when they invited me to assist in a project called Atlanta Vision 2020. In 2007, I assisted their Board and management in a long-range planning retreat. Later that year the ARC kicked off a [...]
Full StorySingularity
Google News Alert for: glen hiemstra Approaching ‘Singularity’ Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis,MN,USA They’re “digital natives,” according to futurist Glen Hiemstra. They approach all matters of everyday life differently, he says. Homework, visiting, dating …
Full StoryConsumer trends for 2009
A nice summary of consumer & cultural trends we’ll see in 2009, from the AP. Includes material from one of our favorites, TrendWatching.com.
Full StoryThe Future of the Sports Industry
Recently I was interviewed by MSNBC for an article on the future of the professional sports industry in these challenging financial times. The reporter, Bill Briggs, was interested in how franchises would survive, and also in how sports themselves might change. The article was posted today at MSNBC. We mostly talked about how different sports [...]
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