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Editor’s note: I am in eastern Montana this week following my own advice and taking a “Think Week.” This week’s “Future 5” will be short. I have placed little editorial comment next to any of the articles. My advice: Just pick one article that intrigues you and spend a few minutes reflecting on it. Cheers,…
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Think Bigger: It is not easy but, over the years, I’ve trained myself to pay more attention to information that stands in opposition to an existing belief. One assumption I have held is that plant-based “meats” will negatively impact the sale of tradition meat. This may still happen in the future but, according to this article,…
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This week, Futurist and best-selling author Jack Uldrich encourages his readers to think about the future of Africa, micromobility, work, and urban farming.
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This week Futurist Jack Uldrich encourages his readers to think about full-spectrum thinking, a feminist internet, mRNA technology, innovation, and about different concepts of time.
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From reframing problems and learning from history to quantum computers and poems about love, Futurist Jack Uldrich dishes out his weekly “Future Friday 5” with five “tomorrow things” to think about today.
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In 2012, Futurist Jack Uldrich discussed the need to “think about unthinkable things”–such as pandemics. And he reminds his audiences that they must continue to think about such things!
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AirPods have been incredibly profitable for Apple since the company launched the product in late 2016. Unfortunately, the device carries a massive future liability that Apple executives and shareholders need to consider today. The plastic product consists of a variety of other materials, including tungsten, tin, tantalum, lithium, and cobalt, and cannot be easily repaired…
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Business leaders must spend more time thinking about the future. To help make this a habit, I have developed the “Future 15”–a policy of taking 15 minutes once a week to think about the future. To make the habit simple, I encourage business leaders to follow the 6 “F’s”: Every Friday at Four Forty-Five (4:45 pm) set…
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Business leaders must spend more time thinking about the future. To help make this a habit, I have developed what I call the “Future 15”–a policy of taking 15 minutes every week to think about the future. To make the habit simple, I advise my clients–and I encourage you–to follow the 6 “F’s”: Every Friday…
Posted in Construction, Future Proof, Futurist, Real Estate
Late last year, the Economist had a wonderful article on the construction industry. The most poignant point was that among all major industries, the construction industry has experienced the slowest rate of increase in productivity since the Second World War–less than 1 percent! (By contrast the agriculture industry experienced a 1600 percent increase in productivity…
