As I start out on my spiritual journey, I’d like to begin with this quote from Emily Dickenson: “The sailor cannot see the North, but knows the needle can.” For most of my professional career as a futurist, I have relied on my mind to understand and navigate the future. I no longer have faith [...]
Dear Readers: If you are still reading my weekly newsletter, I say “Thank you.” Many of you will undoubtedly have noticed my change in focus from matters of technology to those of spirituality. If you prefer the old format I understand, but I feel this is a direction I am meant to travel and I [...]
Dear Readers: I recently submitted an article to the Wall Street Journal for their regular Saturday "About Face" feature. The column chronicles how various professional have changed their minds. Unfortunately, my piece was rejected. Below is the editor's short note back to me: Dear Mr. Uldrich, Many thanks for passing along your draft, but I'm afraid [...]
Editor’s Note: As many of you know, I have been doing a good deal of “soul” searching and reflecting this past year. As a result, my thinking is changing, morphing and, I feel, growing. To this end, I intend to add two new components to my regular “Friday Future 15” newsletter. The first is called [...]
My responsibility as a futurist is not to tell people and organizations what they want to hear but, rather, tell them what they need to hear. In this spirit, I feel compelled to share some important thoughts with you. As such, today’s newsletter will fall outside the scope of its normal format. As a [...]
Over the years, as my thinking about the future has evolved, the following statement captures an important shift in my perspective: The future will not as much be about conquering outer space as it will be about conquering inner space. In my previous work as a corporate futurist, I was focused almost exclusively on the [...]
Recently, I was listening to Kristen Tippett interview Adrienne Maree Brown on her podcast “On Being.” One particular phrase from their conversation jumped out at me. Brown said we “are living in the imagination of other people.” “That’s it,” I thought to myself. As a futurist, I have written and spoken extensively about the vital [...]
Later this evening, I will be addressing 500 young farmers in Iowa. One unusual question I intend to pose to them is this: Why should farmers care about a new line of cocktails (and mocktails) now being served at the Ritz Hotel in London?* The answer lies in the nature of the cocktails–all of the [...]
There is no shortage of intelligent, competent and insightful professional futurists. Amy Webb, for example, describes herself as the “quantitative futurist,” Micheal Rogers refers to himself as the “practical futurist,” and James Pethokoukis uses the moniker the “conservative futurist.” I am sure other futurists use similar descriptors to distinguish their work from that of their [...]
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 [...]
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