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Consumer 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.
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Discovering the Future
I’ve been reading a popular old book, Blue Highways, by William Least Heat Moon (1982). This is the story of his long driving tour of the U.S., keeping to “blue highways” (or two-lane roads) and small towns. At one point he gets lost (more than once actually), and writes about it, commenting in a way [...]
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Videos by Futurist.com
The Future. It is mysterious, looming, full of possibility. To understand the future, and to create it, we ask three questions: What is probable? What is possible? What is preferred? Explore the future in these Video Features and Interviews Produced by Futurist.com on a range of future topics. Introduction to Futurist.com – The Company Future [...]
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Futurist Speaker new channel at YouTube
We have begun to populate a new video channel at YouTube, called Futuristspeaker. This will become our primary video distribution channel. We’ve had many videos syndicated via a company called Brightcove, but they recently re-designed themselves to concentrate only on the largest video producers like MSNBC. We are glad to be switching completely over to [...]
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Future of electric cars
Rock and roll legend Neil Young writes a terrific summary of the state of the electric car at Huffpo. Turn out some renegade engineers have turned a 59 Lincoln Continental, the heaviest car made that year, into an all-electric plug-in, challenging the notion that electrics have to be small and light. Good overview, interesting opinions. [...]
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Future of Human Resources
The day after the election I will have the opportunity as a futurist speaker to address the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago, HRMAC. They have posted a preview interview of my program, on YouTube. At their annual summit I will be speaking about the fundamental trends based on my book, Turning the Future Into [...]
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Futurist Speaker Sample Video at YouTube
For a long time visitors here have been able to view my futurist keynote speaking sample video here at the website. That video, a variety of short cuts from my futurist speeches is now available at YouTube, in my YouTube channel, futuristtube. At YouTube you can see more of our videos by searching for futuristtube. [...]
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Quarterly Forecast: Sailing Rough Waters
My new quarterly forecast, for the 4th Quarter 2008, is now available. As a futurist speaker and writer I track a variety of events, trends and developments. This issue discusses the future of oil, the future of the workforce, and the future of the economy, with an eye toward anticipating the kind of environment a [...]
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Glen Hiemstra Quarterly Forecast Q4 2008: Sailing Rough Waters
Sailing Rough Waters By Glen Hiemstra, October 1, 2008 The Future of Oil In the 3rd Quarter forecast I suggested that oil, then at $147 a barrel would decline to $110 or lower through the election season, then begin rising again toward $200 by year’s end. Obviously the first part of this forecast has come [...]
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Welcome news…from Mars
Amid all the turmoil on the home planet, it is nice to know that we continue to learn about the history of, and potential future habitability of Mars. For example, this recent announcement from NASA of further evidence for the presence of water, and the rather amazing observation of snow falling in the Martian atmosphere. [...]
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