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New Keynote Sample Video
We are pleased to present a new sample of my keynote speaking and programs in this 5-minute video. With excerpts from 2010 back to 2006, this video illustrates that my keynotes and programs have two basic themes. First, while the future is not perfectly predictable, it is knowable. So in each program we spend some [...]
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Glen Hiemstra – Why Explore the Future
Why explore the long-term future? In this five and a-half minute video excerpt from a 2010 speech, I suggest three critical reasons to explore the future: To anticipate paradigm changes To see preferred future directions early To develop a shared image of the future, and fold that image back on the present. In this clip [...]
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Newly posted videos of past keynote speeches
We are continuously updating the website and have added a couple of full-length keynote speech videos from 2008 that we especially like. The first is a keynote speech from the 2008 annual convention of ACE Hardware franchise owners. In this video Glen addresses long term trends, and shorter term consumer trends. Following the speech a [...]
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The Futures Agency
We are proud to share Gerd Leonard’s announcement of his new virtual organization, The Futures Agency (TFA). TFA is based in Basel, Switzerland and is currently comprised of 15 amazing associates including myself. The Futures Agency offers a wide variety of services to clients worldwide. TFA’s main expertise is think-tank events, workshops and executive team [...]
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Flu 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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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tractor
Autoblog Green, one of my favorite sites for tracking what is going on with green transportation alternatives, has an interesting lead article on the debut of a hydrogen fuel cell tractor, in Europe. The tractor looks great, and illustrates both the promise of, and problems with hydrogen fuel cells as a core technology for future [...]
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One Thousand Years is not Enough
In 1999 and 2000 I had the privilege of helping to lead three retreat-like gatherings called Humanity 3000, in which scientists and international thought leaders asked a simple question: “What will it take for humanity to survive for another 1000 years?” Sponsored by the Foundation for the Future, the reports of those sessions can be [...]
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Technology Advances
The idea of controlling machines with your mind has been a long-time quest. Now, as early as the Fall of 2009, you may be able to buy a game device with which you can train your mind to move matter with a machine. The concept was shown at the recent Las Vegas consumer electronics show, [...]
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Google Alerts – Futurist Speaker Glen Hiemstra Around the World
We are getting increased notice around the world for our work at Futurist.com. (Follow to main blog page and check out the links. You can use Google Translate to see what the articles in Czech and in Chinese have to say. The former is about the future of sports, the China article about the future [...]
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