Futurist.com: Futurist Speaker Glen Hiemstra

Futurist.com Launches New-Look Website

Today marked the successful launch of the new look for Futurist.com, my home as a futurist speaker and consultant. This new Wordpress-based theme provides a cleaner and up-to-date interface, and robust options in continuing to improve the user experience.
I am particularly pleased that we’ve been able to better organize the blog and the older [...]

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 [...]

The Futurist.com Team

A selection of interviews with the Futurist.com team on the Millennial Generation, 21st century creativity, future trends and science fiction.
Glen Hiemstra interviews Amy Frazier on 21st Century Creativity:

More on Amy Frazier’s programs on creativity.
Glen Hiemstra interviews Kanna Hudson on The Millennial Generation:

More on Kanna Hudson’s programs on the Millennial Generation.
Amy Frazier interviews Kanna Hudson on [...]

New Programs at Futurist.com

How can you shape your future in these challenging times?
The temptation for many is to circle the wagons and wait for the dangers to pass by, hoping for a day when things get back to normal.
But, there is also a more pro-active alternative. Here at Futurist.com we have decided to go that route. [...]

21st Century Creativity

Creativity and innovation in the early 21st Century are being shaped by the forces of data flow, rapid change, and the management of personal and collective resources. By recognizing how creativity and innovation interact with the defining characteristics of our time, we are better able to identify and act on emerging possibilities.
We offer programs [...]

Fuel – The Movie

“Fuel” is out. The documentary by biofuel pioneer and Veggie Van evangelist Josh Tickell, 11 years in the making, premiered in Seattle this past weekend. I just saw it. The timing, as the Big Three plead their case before government, is serendipitous. An indictment of how Detroit has mismanaged innovation (while Sweden, Germany and other [...]

The 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 4-part series [...]

The Writers’ Strike: a Word

The American Film Institute identified the writers’ strike as the most significant industry event of 2007. Posing questions about how an audience will “receive its storytelling in the years to come, and how creators will be paid for their work,” the Institute’s focus points up two compelling questions tied into the explosion of digital media: [...]