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Editor’s Note: As many of you know, I have been doing a good deal of “soul” searching and reflecting this past year. As a result, my thinking is changing, morphing and, I feel, growing. To this end, I...
My responsibility as a futurist is not to tell people and organizations what they want to hear but, rather, tell them what they need to hear. In this spirit, I feel compelled to share some important...
In the fall of 1987, I almost washed out of the Navy’s Officer Candidate School. This is a polite way of saying I nearly flunked out. The crux of the matter was that I had a difficult time comprehendi...
Think: In planning circles, a "wicked problem" is defined as a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements which are often difficul...
Think Fast: Folks, this is crazy: AI models went from $100 million to $5 million to $30 in a week. I particularly enjoyed this paragraph from the article: "To put this breakthrough in perspective, the...
Milepost 7: A 2100 acre toxic basin only miles from Lake Superior As a futurist, I am deeply concerned about the long-term safety of Milepost 7--a large basin containing toxic residue--which sits onl...
Think in Silence: As I explain in this post, the future will not be so much about humanity conquering outer space as it will be about us conquering inner space. To do so, however, we first need silenc...
Over the years, as my thinking about the future has evolved, the following statement captures an important shift in my perspective: The future will not as much be about conquering outer space as it wi...
Think: I've written extensively on the power of the human imagination but I'd never contemplated the notion that we are "living in the product of other peoples' imagination"--and, yet, it is true. As...
Recently, I was listening to Kristen Tippett interview Adrienne Maree Brown on her podcast “On Being.” One particular phrase from their conversation jumped out at me. Brown said we “are living in the...
The greatest change today is the rate of change itself. The world is accelerating and the implications of technological change will be profound. Nowhere is this more clear than in the field of farmi...
Editor's Note: As both a practical and a "thought" experiment, I used ClaudeAI to generate this week's newsletter. I did this not because I am lazy (although I can be lazy) but because I was genuinely...
If we are to think about the future and do it well, I have one piece of unconventional advice as a long-time professional futurist–Don’t. That is, don't try to think about the future. First, become gr...
Futurist Jack Uldrich discuss how a change of heart is leading to a change in the nature of his work. The post A Change of Heart: Truly appeared first on Jack Uldrich.
(Every year, I offer this caveat: As a futurist, I don’t actually claim to make predictions about the future. Still, I know people enjoy predictions so I offer up these 10 “predictions” not becaus ...
Jack Uldrich explains how a single, tiny can--and will-change the world. The post Can a Single, Simple Small Act Change the World? Yes! appeared first on Jack Uldrich.
After some reflection, I have decided to share this short, personal story. For too long, as a professional futurist, I have not acknowledged the essential role the human heart will play in transfo ...