The past few weeks and months have been hard. I live in Minneapolis and many of you may recall the political assassination of Melissa Hortman, the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband this past June. Then, on August 27, two young students were shot and killed at Annunciation Catholic School in [...]
Editor's note: Due to the 4th of July holiday, a full newsletter was not completed this week. The regular format will return next week. In lieu of the newsletter, I'd like to share two pieces which are important to me. The first is an article I wrote about my brother, his death, and one of [...]
[For the first time in years, I attended a conference not as a keynote speaker but as a participant. Yesterday, I was in Ennistymon, Ireland at The Changing Landscapes Conference. The articles I am sharing in this week's newsletter offer compelling evidence for how fast our physical landscape is changing. I encourage all of us [...]
Futurist Jack Uldrich shares his "Leap of Faith" and commits to using his professional proceeds to begin creating an old growth forest.
Yesterday, I explained in this post, A Change of Heart--Truly, how I intend to bring my whole self–my whole heart, my whole soul and my whole mind–to my work as a professional futurist. In the coming days and months, I intend to use this blog to both share my thoughts as well as crystallize my [...]
Futurist Jack Uldrich discuss how a change of heart is leading to a change in the nature of his work.
The word terrific is fascinating. In one context it can mean “magnificent” as in “the weather is terrific.” In another context, it can mean the opposite--as in “it was a terrific thunderstorm.” I mention this because yesterday after delivering the opening keynote at a technology conference where the theme was “surviving in an age of [...]
The words "amateur" and "amateurism" have come to be seen as pejoratives. This is unfortunate. The words hail from the latin word, Amator, which means lover, devoted friend, or someone who is in avid pursuit of a objective. The latter sounds a lot like a recipe for passion to me. Perhaps one reason we don't [...]
I travel frequently and it is not uncommon that I must use public restrooms. On occasion, I encounter a disgusting and unsanitary toilet (such as the picture to the right). My initial reaction -- pardon the pun -- is to get pissed off at the person who did it. This is only natural. What isn't [...]
It is a curious phrase: It goes without saying.If it really "goes without saying," should you need to say "it goes without saying"?On a deeper level, though, I do believe it is worth exploring those things which truly "go without saying" in our relationships, in our workplace, and in our life. For example:It may go [...]
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