Needed: Ambassadors to the Future
Futurist Jack Uldrich's contribution to After Shock--a book commenting the 50th anniversary of futurist Alvin Toffler's seminal work on futurism, Future Shock.
Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 15:” January 17, 2020
(Editor’s Note: I am in Egypt this week traveling the Nile River and researching the future of water. As a result, this week’s edition is abbreviated. If you’re looking for more, I encourage you to review last week’s Friday Future 15--it had a number of thought stimuating articles.) Think: Thinking of traveling in the future? [...]
Five Industries that will be Transformed by Biophilia
With the chaos of today’s culture, society is turning to Mother Nature for comfort. The term “biophilia,” as popularized by Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson in 1984, refers to “the urge to affiliate with other forms of life.” While some may get the impression being around plants is merely a warm and fuzzy concept, the [...]
Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 15:” November 15, 2019
Think: It isn't rocket science, if you want to think better you need to read more. How Reading Makes You More Intelligent and Empathetic. (I'm currently reading Toni Morrison's Beloved.) Think Twice: Big law firms need to think twice--they are on thin ice! Traditional Law Firms Must Adapt or Die. Think Visually: For those who prefer [...]
Deeper Than Roots: Fungi are the Future
“There are one hundred people striking at the branch ... to every one person that is striking at the root.” As an author, speaker, change management consultant, and futurist, Thoreau’s quote has always resonated with me on a number of different levels. But what if it’s not true? What if it is something I need to [...]
Applying Sunlight to a Dirty Industry
It has been said that "sunlight is the best disinfectant." In this spirit, WattTime, a nonprofit artificial intelligence firm, plans on using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to precisely track the air pollution coming out of every single power plant in the world. By itself, the information won't make the world a more beautiful place [...]
An Unthinkably Beautiful Future: It’s All a Matter of Perspective
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 [...]
A More Beautiful Future: Why it Matters and How to Create It.
Global futurist and best-selling author Jack Uldrich unveils his latest--and most impactful--keynote presentation.
Start Creating the Future with a TIARA Award
As a professional futurist, I am a strong proponent of strategic experimentation. The future is accelerating so quickly, and technologies and trends are advancing and converging at such a rate that is impractical to believe strategic planning alone can “research away” all of the uncertainty that the future holds. Therefore, I advocate businesses take incremental [...]