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Exploring and envisioning the long-term future is a valuable activity for successful transformational leadership and for organizations that want to succeed. I made the case for a 20-year horizon for future scanning and vision when I wrote Turning the Future Into Revenue. The 20-year...

How Technology Can Give Your Employees Freedom The future of work is a topic of constant interest to Futurist.com readers and we have regularly addressed the subject, for example, what your office might look like in 10 years. These days, employees want freedom more...

In a provocative article in Bloomberg Opinion today, writer Noah Smith asks will oil be supplanted by electrification. The title, The Oil Age is Coming to a Close recalls similar thinking in the 2005-2007 era when many experts thought that a lack of oil...

How is Artificial Intelligence Disrupting Industries Across the World? Many innovative technologies have taken the world by storm, and one of the most exciting ones is...

This is a long form version of an article I wrote for the Farm Credit Banks about the future of farm labor. The bottom line in this piece is that, while automation and robotics will eventually impact how farm work gets done, indeed already...