Think: This week, I am closing out the year with speaking engagements to the Minnesota Wild Rice Council and Indiana Farm Bureau on trends impacting the agriculture industry. For all of you in the industry, here is my annual article on the Top Farming and Agricultural Trends of 2025. Think Again: Sal Khan, creator of [...]
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 farming. Below are twelve trends I expect to continue to transform the agricultural industry in the year ahead. Satellite Technology: On [...]
Think Healthy: Wired recently published an article titled “Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life”. If you’ve been paying attention to what Apple has been up to this shouldn’t be a surprise. From the Apple Watch monitoring your heart rate and notifying people of irregularities to Airpods being used as hearing aides, Apple [...]
Think: I was in Montana yesterday speaking to the farm industry and, as I was preparing my talk, my reverse mentor flagged this article for me: Growing Plants and Silk-Coated Seeds: How MIT Is Developing the Future of Farming. It is honestly one of the better articles I've read on the future of the agricultural sector [...]
Think: We have all heard the old saying about there being no need to "reinvent the wheel." Well, apparently there is and researchers in South Korea have quite literally reinvented the wheel and it may soon have some practical applications--especially for people in wheelchairs. The wheels go from solid to fluid when they encounter impediments and [...]
Dear Readers: Recently, I joined TikTok. I am telling you this because I intend to share more of my "whole self" on the platform. As a futurist, I still believe technology will be a big driver of future change. It will NOT, however, be the only driver of change or even the primary driver. I am [...]
Dear Readers: This Tuesday's election matters. I don't believe in using my platform to discuss politics, but I also don't believe that silence is an option befitting this unique time in American history. I realize almost half of you reading this piece, A Futurist's Perspective on the Presidential Contest, will disagree with my choice, but I hope [...]
Think Hard: In my 2003 book, The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Business, I wrote about the possibility that man-made diamonds would eventually replace natural diamonds. Well, this future has nearly arrived. According to this article, fifty percent of all diamonds purchased are now synthetic, lab-grown diamonds. [...]
(Editor's Note: I am doing some thinking of my own this week as I do a long, solitary hike along the Flint Hills Trail in Kansas. This week's newsletter is abbreviated.) Think: Unfortunately this Harvard Business Review article is behind a paywall but if you or your organization are engaging in any strategic planning it [...]
Think: Five years ago, I spoke to one of America's largest diabetes/dialysis treatment companies. In my presentation, I discussed the startling advances being made in using stem cells to treat diabetes. At one point, a senior executive at the company openly dismissed my presentation by saying "these advances won't be here for another 50 or [...]
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