Archive for 'Society & Culture'
Future of Housing
The future of housing in this economy is on everyone’s mind. Last week the opportunity to present a keynote speech to the annual Colorado Housing Conference gave me a chance to re-visit this topic. The conference is one that focuses especially on policy related to developing affordable housing. My task was to broaden the scope [...]
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It looks now, about mid-day Pacific time on September 25 that a deal is either concluded or nearly so for Washington DC to provide the $700 billion or more in relief that Wall Street apparently needs to sustain liquidity and keep the economy going. Arguments still rage about whether this is a good idea, a [...]
Full StoryThe real future fear driving Wall Steet?
Is this part of the real fear that drove Wall Street banks and backers to seek government relief? I would not rule this out, far fetched though it may seem. Glen Hiemstra is a futurist speaker, consultant, blogger, internet TV show host and founder of Futurist.com. To arrange for a speech contact Futurist.com.
Full StoryFuture of Wall Street – A futurist perspective
The 500 point drop in the Dow today, 6th largest drop in stock market history, is indicative of three interrelated social-cultural-economic factors. First, in response to 9/11 various economic actors cooperated to loosen credit as a way to prop up the economy. Ironically, in retrospect this response perfectly enabled the fulfillment of the prime goal [...]
Full StoryFuture of Oil
Last week Friday, September 12, 2008 the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing on the future of energy. The session focused on such issues as off-shore drilling (drill baby drill) and alternatives. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island asked the most critical question: WHITEHOUSE: Gentlemen, we’re in the middle of [...]
Full StoryThe Future of Leadership – Moving Through Complexity
The Future of Leadership: Moving through Complexity We’ve become aware of an interesting trend in leadership development: exploring expression and movement as a method for engaging change. I just returned from the launch of a leadership program offered by the Banff Centre in Alberta: Powerful Expressions – Leadership that Moves Us. The first of a [...]
Full StoryFuture of Arctic Ice – New Data
Among the interesting policy positions of the new Vice President nominee designate of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin, is that global warming, if it exists, is not related to human activity, and that polar bears are in no danger in the Arctic and thus do not need endangered species designation. As a futurist speaker, I [...]
Full StoryInvent a Sport of the Future
Hey folks, ESPN is offering you a chance to invent your sport of the future – the game, the rules, the whole thing. Nice contest, have fun. Copy us if you can, and let us know if you win! Go here to enter your sport. Glen Hiemstra is a futurist speaker, consultant, blogger, internet TV [...]
Full StoryAquaCurrent Science
One the most unusual and enjoyable jobs I have had as a futurist came in late winter this year, for Proctor & Gamble Beauty, a job which I did via DeVries Public Relations of New York. DeVries was recently named the Consumer PR firm of the year. The job involved a new product introduction by [...]
Full StoryWhat Digby Said
Smart bloggers often just write, “what Digby said.” This time, July 15, 2008 he says it about the famous Jimmy Carter speech on energy given in 1979. If only….but a year later it was morning in America, time to live it up for 30 years. And now here we are. Glen Hiemstra is a futurist [...]
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