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Jack Uldrich

Jack Uldrich is a leading futurist, author, and speaker who helps organizations gain the critical foresight they need to create a successful future. His work is based on the transformational principles of unlearning – or freeing yourself from obsolete knowledge and assumptions – as a strategy to survive and thrive in an era of unparalleled change.

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Keynote Speaker

Jack Uldrich is highly regarded as a keynote speaker. His authoritative speeches on future trends, emerging technologies, change management, and leadership are filled with knowledge, insight, and creativity. Jack provides provocative new perspectives on competitive advantage, change management, and transformational leadership. He brings to light the advantages of being creative and using the powers of individual imagination.

Upcoming Events

“Into the Unknown” – A 3-day experiential leadership seminar

July 14 - July 16

Books

Cover of Jack's book: Business as Unusual

Business as Unusual

A Futurist's Unorthodox, Unconventional, and Uncomfortable Guide to Doing Business.

Cover of Jack's book: A Smarter Farm

A Smarter Farm

How AI is revolutionizing the Future of Agriculture

Cover of Jack's book: Higher Unlearning

Higher Unlearning

39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future

Cover of Jack's book: Green Investing

Green Investing

A Guide to Making Money through Environment-Friendly Stocks

Cover of Jack's book: Foresight 2020

Foresight 20/20

A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow

Covr of Jack's book: Solider Statesman Peacemaker

Soldier Statesman Peacemaker

Leadership Lessons from George C. Marshall

The Next Big Thing is Really Small

A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow

Jump the Curve

50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies

Into the Unknown

Leadership Lessons from Lewis and Clark's Daring Westward Expedition

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From the Blog

  Thought Leadership: Earlier this week, I began reading Robert McFarland’s latest book, Is a River Alive? The book explores the transformative idea that rivers are living beings who should [...]

By Published On: June 19, 2025

  Thought Leadership: Today’s AI leaders, including Sam Altman and Dario Amodio have both issued thoughtful pieces on the future of artificial intelligence in the past week and yet they [...]

By Published On: June 12, 2025

In the book “The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway wrote the line, “Gradually and then suddenly,” to describe how a character went bankrupt. The phrase also neatly captures how our [...]

By Published On: June 5, 2025

My Fellow Futurists: I am writing to all of you in the spirit of open, honest inquiry. I am deeply concerned about our collective future and feel that we, as [...]

By Published On: March 2, 2025

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 [...]

By Published On: February 20, 2025

  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 [...]

By Published On: December 9, 2024

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 [...]

By Published On: August 8, 2024

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 [...]

By Published On: July 5, 2024

Futurist Jack Uldrich discuss how a change of heart is leading to a change in the nature of his work.

By Published On: February 1, 2024

(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 [...]

By Published On: December 14, 2023

Jack Uldrich explains how a single, tiny can--and will-change the world.

By Published On: July 11, 2022

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 [...]

By Published On: May 24, 2022

Futurist Jack Uldrich provides his annual list of ten predictions for the coming year.

By Published On: January 4, 2022

Futurist Jack Uldrich offers his annual set of predictions for the coming year.

By Published On: December 2, 2020

Editor’s Note: This Sunday, I am traveling to southern Minnesota to deliver my first-ever presentation on “The Future of Faith.” Here is how the talk is being billed: Spiritually, Jack [...]

By Published On: June 5, 2025

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