Preparing the World for Change: Global Futurist Jack Uldrich to Headline 11 Events in October

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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 30, 2014

Following 9 keynote speaking engagements in September, Trend Expert and Change Agent Jack Uldrich will headline 11 events throughout the U.S.

Uldrich is a Futurist. According to Wikipedia, "the term 'futurist' most commonly refers to authors, consultants, organizational leaders and others who engage in interdisciplinary and systems thinking to advise private and public organizations on such matters as diverse global trends, possible scenarios, emerging market opportunities and risk management.

"In the mid1940s the first professional "futurist" consulting institutions like RAND and SRI began to engage in long-range planning, systematic trend watching, scenario development, and visioning, at first under World War II military and government contract and, beginning in the 1950s, for private institutions and corporations."

Uldrich is a former naval intelligence officer and Defense Department official. He also served as the Director of the Minnesota Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning under Governor Jesse Ventura.

His bestselling and award-winning books include, Unlearning 101: 101 Lessons in Thinking Inside-Out the Box, Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future, The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business, and Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies. He is also the author of Green Investing: A Guide to Making Money through Environment-Friendly Stocks. An excerpt from his most recent work Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Transformational Trends of Tomorrow can be found here.

Following on the foothills of a very busy September, his speaking engagements for the month of October include:

Oct. 6: Emerson Global Users Conference, Kissimmee, FL Oct. 7: Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union 2014 Economic Outlook, Dallas, TX Oct. 8: American Nurses Credentialing Center's National Magnet Conference, Dallas, TX Oct. 13: ABB/Thomas & Betts New Product Launch, West Hollywood, CA Oct. 15: ABB/Thomas & Betts New Product Launch, Houston, TX Oct. 16: American Sportfishing Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX Oct. 17: Produce Marketing Association, Fresh Summit: Disruptive Technologies, Anaheim, CA Oct. 20: ABB/Thomas & Betts New Product Launch, Atlanta, GA Oct. 27: ABB/Thomas & Betts New Product Launch, Chicago, IL Oct. 29: ABB/Thomas & Betts New Product Launch, New York City Oct. 30: CRS Client Conference, Lubbock, TX

Uldrich hails from Minneapolis and travels the world speaking on the most up-to-date technological trends that will impact the future. As a keynote speaker, the titles of his presentations range from "Why Future Trends Demand Unlearning" and "The Big AHA: How to Future-Proof Your Business" to "Business as Unusual: 19 Unconventional Ways to Succeed Tomorrow, "How the Internet of things will Transform Business" and "The New Normal is Abnormal."

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, these events or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about these events or interviewing Jack as a futurist or trend expert can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

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Futurist Jack Uldrich will Join Captain Richard Phillips as Keynote Speakers for the Textile Rental Service …

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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) September 30, 2014

This year's Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA) has a terrific lineup of keynote speakers including "Hero of the High Seas" Captain Richard Phillips, Business Developer Mike Jensen and Global Futurist Jack Uldrich.

TRSAs agenda presents these three thought-provoking speakers covering issues that impact numerous facets of textile services operations. From economy-wide business and human resources trends to industry-specific topics, the 2014 Annual Conference programming guides attendees results-driven strategic planning. And futurist Jack Uldrich will address how to go about their strategic planning with his talk, "Preparing for Profound Change."

The material presented is based on a combination of Uldrich's best-selling books, "Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow" and Jump the Curve; 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies.

Uldrich will also focus on why these trends will demand unlearning, and discuss why leaders in the textile industry need to embrace the concept of unlearning in order to achieve future success. Uldrich, who has been hailed as "America's Chief Unlearning Officer," will conclude by reviewing specific habits, customs, beliefs and ideas that manufacturing leaders can--and must--unlearn. With the use of vivid analogies and memorable stories drawn from a wide spectrum of industries, Uldrich will ensure his message of unlearning remains with his TRSA audience for years to come. A sample of his views on technological trends can be viewed here.

An internationally respected expert on future trends, strategic planning, leadership and unlearning, Uldrich has advised hundreds of professional, business, and governmental organizations. Some of his most recent clients include Verizon Wireless, AgBank, the Western Energy Institute, the PMMI and The National Council for Continuing Education & Training. He has served as a commentator on CNN, CNBC, NPR, and James Woods' "Futurescape."

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website at: http://www.jumpthecurve.net. Media wishing to know more about the event or interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

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How Serious Is the Supreme Court About Religious Freedom?

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A new case will test whether the justices' defense of conscience in Hobby Lobby applies to minority religions like Muslims, or just to Christians.

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Religious freedom in the United States has ebbed and flowed between two competing concepts: the principled view that religion is a matter of individual conscience that cannot be invaded by the government, and the practical concern once expressed by Justice Antonin Scalia that accommodating all religious practices in our diverse society would be courting anarchy. In June, the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that closely held corporations, whose owners objected to contraception on account of sincere Christian beliefs, could not be forced by the Affordable Care Act to include certain contraceptives in their employee insurance plans. In supporting the religious rights of business owners over a national health-care policy predicated on broad participation, the Roberts Court seemed to stake its place on the more protective end of the religious-freedom spectrum.

But the idea that Hobby Lobby creates robust protections will be credible only if the justices are willing to recognize the religious freedom of marginalized religious minoritiesnot just the Judeo-Christian tradition. The next religious-freedom case to come before the Court, Holt v. Hobbs, will test whether the Roberts Courts stance on religious freedom includes a minority faith, Islam, practiced by a disfavored member of our society: a prisoner. At stake are both the state of religious freedom in the country and the Courts reputation.

Hobby Lobby Is Already Creating New Religious Demands on Obama

Holt involves Gregory Holt, an inmate in Arkansas also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad. A dispute arose between Holt and the states Department of Correction when he sought to grow a one-half-inch beard in observance of his faith. According to the departments grooming policies, inmates may only grow a neatly trimmed mustache. In 2011, Holt filed a lawsuit against the director of the department, Ray Hobbs, and other state employees, saying that the prison had violated his religious rights. After decisions by federal trial and appeals courts in favor of the department, Holt filed a hand-written petition to the Supreme Court, which agreed to review the case. The justices are scheduled to hear arguments in Holt on October 7.

If Hobby Lobby and federal law are faithfully applied, Holt should prevail. Prisoners surrender many of their rights at the prison gates. Lawful incarceration brings about the necessary withdrawal or limitation of many privileges and rights, the Supreme Court wrote in Price v. Johnston more than 60 years ago. In 2000, however, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) to help safeguard inmates religious freedom. The law states that the government may not place a substantial burden on a prisoners ability to practice his or her religion unless that burden is the least-restrictive means to achieve a compelling goal.

This standard may sound familiarRLUIPA is the sister statute to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, the federal law which was at issue in Hobby Lobby. These laws apply to different laws implicating religious freedomRFRA only to federal laws and RLUIPA to the land use and prison contextsbut both ask whether a religious burden is the least-restrictive means of accomplishing the governments compelling goals.

In this case, there is no dispute that the prison regulations substantially burden Holts religious freedom. His Hobsons choiceeither obey the prison grooming policies and violate his religious beliefs, or adhere to his conscience and face disciplinary measuresis a quintessential substantial burden.

But the prison authorities have a compelling reason to restrict Holts ability to practice his religion. In Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court simply assumed the federal government had sufficient reasons for requiring contraceptive coverage. In Holt, it will likely agree with the departments position that the no-beard policy enhances prison safety and security by removing an important hiding place for contraband and by facilitating the identification of inmates who wish to engage in violence or escape. On their own, however, these reasons dont seem to be enough to satisfy RLUIPA. The regulations will also have to pass the statutes least restrictive means test: The government must meet its goals in the way that best preserves religious liberty. This was also the sticking point in Hobby Lobby. In that case, the government had already made exemptions for religious nonprofit organizations, which undermined its argument that religious exemptions could not be made for certain for-profit corporations. Holt involves a similar situation: Arkansass prisons already offer medical exemptions to their grooming policies, which makes it difficult to argue that religious exemptions are not possible. As a federal appeals court wrote in Fraternal Order of Police v. City of Newark, which concerned Newarks police-department grooming policies, We are at a loss to understand why religious exemptions threaten important city interests but medical exemptions do not. The decision was written by then-Judge Samuel Alito, author of the Hobby Lobby opinion.

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