Category Archives: Futurist

Futurist Flight Radio #13
The Next Edition of Futurist Flight, and this is a Special Edition for to things: first, 13 is a lucky number for me; and because we #39;re acompaning the launch of the new massive music playlist,...

By: DJ Night Eagle

Read the original:
Futurist Flight Radio #13 - Video

Alliance Manage Like a Futurist Promo
Manage Like a Futurist is not a sit-and-listen event. It is a highly interactive workshop where you and your team will learn and apply the tools and methods ...

By: Alliance4Innovation

See original here:
Alliance Manage Like a Futurist Promo - Video

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 22, 2014

Verizon Wireless is making waves with their Connected Technology Tour--crossing the nation with informative seminars that are showing people how to transform their businesses and agencies with Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions. And they are utilizing futurist Jack Uldrich's expertise as a keynote speaker to engage their clients and prepare them for the tides of tomorrow's change.

Selected as a keynote speaker for twelve of Verizon's Tour events, Uldrich is traveling across the U.S. delivering his address entitled, "How the Internet of Things will Transform Business."

Uldrich says, "A common and popular vision of the Internet of Things,"which he loosely defines as the connection of billions of physical objects to the Internet through the use of low-cost sensors"is the example of an alarm clock smart enough to read your daily schedule, review the latest traffic and weather reports and then communicate this information to your coffee maker in such a way that youll be able to maximize your sleep while still getting to work on time with a piping hot cup of java in your hands."

While Uldrich states that this vision of the future is entirely possible, he also says it sells short the true potential of the Internet of Things (IoT)." Hence Uldrich's passion for speaking on the subject and helping his audiences to embrace the immense change coming our way. For more of Uldrich's ideas on the Internet of Things, check out this article.

Uldrich regularly addresses thought leaders in all industries-- utilities, agriculture, manufacturing, finance, insurance, retail, hospitality, healthcare and government, to name a few. Recent engagements include the PMA Tech Knowledge Symposium in San Diego, the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company in Marana, Arizona, and the Utility Supply Management Association in Nashville.

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

Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, best-selling author, editor of the monthly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning website, http://www.jumpthecurve.net.

Read the original:
Futurist Jack Uldrich Returns to Nashville to Keynote Verizon Wireless' Connected Technology Tour on May 22nd

Her office is situated right down the hall from her Coca-Cola and Lowe's counterparts on the university's campus; the bulk of their days are spent brainstorming with the best and brightest in the valley. It's an attempt to sniff out what exactly perdisruptors in technology are doing, so that their company doesn't get disrupted.

Hershey maintains that it's on track for a 5 percent to 7 percent growth in sales this year, despite the fact that first-quarter earnings fell short of expectations. The confectionery giant's biggest competitor, Mondelez, is nipping at its heels as it continues to have success with growth in emerging markets. So it's no surprise that Hershey is taking an aggressive approach when it comes to innovation.

The company has begun testing 3-D printing for the production of its chocolate line, recently partnering with 3D Systems. The 3-D printing leader has an official partnership with Singularity University.

But Hershey is thinking outside the box, going beyond new methods of manufacturingsuch as looking into the rapid growth of wearable biometric technology.

The chocolate giant is exploring what the relationship between food and body will look like in the future. Yang sees our view of food consumption radically changing, and it's prompting her to figure out how Hershey can best operate in a world where individuals will monitor everything going into their bodies.

This is the type of innovation and brainstorming that the other companies at Singularity's campus are also likely to be doing.

Read More3-D printed Hershey chocolate is coming

This new experiment of big business flirting with Silicon Valley likely means that at some point the bulk of Fortune 500 companies will soon follow suit, in order to stay ahead of disruptive changes. Yang predicts, "Every organization is going to be affected by exponential technology. It's a matter of, Do you want to play with it so you can make an opportunity of it, or do you want to be playing catch-up and reacting to it," she said.

View post:
Why Hershey rolled in to Silicon Valley

hide captionSun Ra's music sounds like it was intercepted from another world.

Sun Ra's music sounds like it was intercepted from another world.

Records show that 100 years ago today, a boy named Herman Poole Blount was born in Birmingham, Ala. Between that moment and his passing in 1993, the man nicknamed "Sonny" developed huge musical talent, synthesized an all-encompassing Afro-futurist worldview and grew into the name Le Sony'r Ra Sun Ra for short. And he lives on as a cultural hero at the intersection of flamboyant outsider and self-made genius.

For a man for whom outer space was a guiding metaphor, he was a lot of different things on Earth. Here's a short list:

Behind his esoteric parables, contradictions and mythologies, there's at least one constant. Sun Ra was often recognized as one of the hardest-working musicians anywhere he went and surely one of the most original.

His is a huge oeuvre that people spend lifetimes exploring. In fact, the Sun Ra Archives are re-releasing 21 major albums remastered for iTunes for his centennial arrival date just a fraction of a discography which some historians estimate at over 180 records. Here's a quick introduction to that catalog in five essential tracks.

See more here:
Act Like You Know: Sun Ra

Future of Mobile and Apps Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard in Moscow ENGLISH
Mobile,iphone ,nokia,sumang,Observatory, Project, suspicious0bservers Mr. Nokayya Telugu Full Movie, Mr. Nokayya Hindi Dubbed, Mr. Mobile Movie, Manoj Manchu...

By: Mobile

Here is the original post:
Future of Mobile and Apps Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard in Moscow ENGLISH - Video

If we gave Oscars to Futurist Films - With Josh Calder and ICE
Film, Future and Futurists Scenarios from FILMS; Questions about the FUTURE, Answered by FUTURISTS. ICE, the India Chapter of World Future Society (www.wfs.o...

By: ICE The Future

Follow this link:
If we gave Oscars to Futurist Films - With Josh Calder and ICE - Video

Future of Mobile and Apps Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard NextGreatAppMoscow

By: Mobile

Go here to see the original:
Future of Mobile and Apps Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard NextGreatAppMoscow - Video

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2014

"We'll feed the imagination, so you can feed the world." Such is the battle cry of the Produce Marketing Association's (PMA) 2014 Symposium, and their first keynote speaker, futurist Jack Uldrich will help tap audience members' imaginations with his notion of "unlearning."

One of the highlights of the symposium will be the PMA's "Learning Lounge" where the focus will be on offering cutting-edge technologies including: Cloud-based BI (business intelligence) platforms that use data modeling to increase productivity and decrease costs, automated pathogen detection that provides incredible accuracy in food safety testing, as well as tracking systems that follow produce from field to shelf.

The seeming paradox between the Learning Lounge and Uldrich's keynote on unlearning are actually two sides of the same coin--Uldrich sees his work as preparing audiences for the future by teaching them to unlearn old habits that inhibit them from embracing the amazing technology and trends that are coming their way.

Using colorful analogies and powerful stories, Uldrich makes a thought provoking and powerful case for "unlearning." For example, in one of his blogs on his School of Unlearning website, Uldrich sites the example of the old Viceroy cigarette advertisement. The tagline is The man who thinks for himself "

"The irony," says Uldrich, "is of course, is that marketing executives at Viceroy were telling the thinking man how to think." Uldrich goes on to state, "Im not so presumptuous as to tell you how to think, but it is my opinion that unlearning is a singularly important aspect of learning. In fact, Id go as far as to say unlearning is learning for the person who thinks for him or herself."

In addition to being an internationally recognized public speaker and scholar, Uldrich is also the founder and Chief Unlearning Officer of The School of Unlearningan international consultancy designed to help organizations succeed tomorrow by unlearning today.

Uldrich is a frequent speaker to agricultural associations such as MosaicAg, UnitedAg, Novozymes, Agricultural Adaptation Council, Land O' Lakes, the California Ag Summit, and AgGateway. (For some of his written on ideas on the future of agriculture, check out Uldrich's article on Urban Agriculture's Tantalizing and Tasty Future. Uldrich also speaks with clients in numerous other areas including the financial sector, healthcare, education, utilities and telecommunications, to name a few.

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

Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, best-selling author, editor of the monthly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning website, http://www.jumpthecurve.net.

The rest is here:
Feeding the Imagination: Global Futurist Jack Uldrich to Keynote the 2014 Produce Marketing Association Tech Knowledge ...

Memphis, TN (PRWEB) May 20, 2014

Talk about synergy: Global futurist Jack Uldrich is regarded as one of the worlds leading technology forecasters and strategists--he aids his clients and audiences in learning how to tap technological trends, like the Internet of Things, social media and grasp new business opportunities, while also delivering a powerful message on how to "unlearn" old patterns that inhibit their growth. And, Verizon's Connected Technology Tour is providing a platform where machine-to-machine (M2M) specialists and strategic solutions providers will demonstrate how the "Internet of Things" can empower their audience to increase operational efficiencies, enhance safety and security and generate new revenue streams. To that end, Verizon has selected Uldrich to kick off their Tour in Memphis on May 20th.

Dubbed the nation's "Chief Unlearning Officer" Uldrich's entertaining, down to earth style blends thought provoking insights with practical, action oriented ideas. In addition to speaking on future trends, emerging technologies and innovation, Uldrich also speaks on change management and leadership to a variety of organizations, Uldrich is a leading expert on assisting businesses adapt. He has served as an advisor to Fortune 1000 companies and is noted for his ability to deliver provocative, new perspectives on competitive advantage, organizational change and transformational leadership.

Uldrich's keynotes have been described as, "inspiring, thought provoking, motivational, and practical all at oncewith a huge dose of practicality intricately added to the mix." He is highly skilled at delivering custom designed presentations, addressing both relevant trends and providing powerful, constructive tips for audiences, helping them leverage the latest technological trends into a competitive advantage.

Uldrich has also spoken at several other Verizon events across the U.S. since March and will follow up with stops in Nashville and Los Angeles as well. He has also addressed a vast array of clients such as Wells Fargo, Fiatech, GE, General Mills, the American Medical Association and the Theatre Communications Group.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his School of Unlearning website. Media wishing to know more about either the event or interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

More:
Synergy: Global Futurist Jack Uldrich to Headline Verizon Wireless' Connected Technology Tour in Memphis