Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” March 15, 2024
This week Futurist Jack Uldrich shares his faith and discusses the power of humility, the power of questions, AI, solar power and water.
This week Futurist Jack Uldrich shares his faith and discusses the power of humility, the power of questions, AI, solar power and water.
Posted in Futurist
Futurist Jack Uldrich discuss how a change of heart is leading to a change in the nature of his work.
Posted in Future, Futurist, Predictions, Trends
(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 because I believe they will happen exactly as I describe but rather to encourage you to think about how you, your business…
Posted in Generation RE, Optimism, Wisdom
Jack Uldrich explains how a single, tiny can–and will-change the world.
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 transforming the future. I don’t know what this means for my own future as a “futurist,” but I am no longer going to…
Posted in Future, Futurist, Predictions, Trends
Futurist Jack Uldrich provides his annual list of ten predictions for the coming year.
Posted in Future, Futurist, Predictions
Futurist Jack Uldrich offers his annual set of predictions for the coming year.
This week Futurist jack Uldrich explores advances in artificial intelligence, 3D printing , micro-farms and mircoplastics.
Posted in Environmentalism, Futurist
Futurist Jack Uldrich shares his “Leap of Faith” and commits to using his professional proceeds to begin creating an old growth forest.
Heart-Centered Thinking: I love a great many things–my wife, my children, and my extended family and friends. I also love nature. Specifically, I love lakes, rivers, trees and the earth itself. I tell you this because I am convinced that we will only save what we love. Recently, I had the opportunity to deliver…
(Editor’s note: I’ve had a busy travel week. This week’s newsletter will be succinct.) Heart-Centered Thinking: The murder of Alexei Navalny has left me deeply troubled–and it should you as well. In this piece, “Navalny: A Hero Worth Emulating,” I make the case that Navalny is a hero we should all strive to emulate. I…
Posted in General
Most people are familiar with Auguste Rodin’s masterpiece “The Thinker” but, in the shadow of that great work, at the Rodin Museum in Paris sits another sculpture made from the artist’s skilled hand. The piece is known as “The Burghers of Calais” and it depicts a scene from 1346 after English King Edward III had…
Heart-Centered Thinking: If you’ve ever wondered if I take my own advice and block out large chunks of time to dedicate to the act of thinking, the answer is yes. In fact, I try to pepper in at least a few “think weeks” throughout the calendar year. This year, my wife and I traveled to…
Heart-Centered Thinking: Last week’s link to the post on my change of heart didn’t create a workable link so I am reposting it here. Bringing my “whole self” to my work has also prompted me to spend some of my thinking time on what it means to bring my “whole soul” to my work. I…
Posted in Think
Leo Tolstoy has a marvelous quotation: “Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think than what one should think about.” This is especially in today’s world where our economic and political systems have created powerfully perverse incentives for politicians, pundits and businesspeople to seek our attention. One of the most…
Posted in Poems
Count down Your Years, Your Months, Your Days Count down even Your Hours, Minutes and Seconds. Quickly, You’ll Realize All You Have is this Moment. Live Accordingly– Now, Love. A Poem by Jack Uldrich