Articles by Richard Worzel
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Demographics, Economy, Environment, Society, Technology, General
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This is a summary of a presentation I delivered to the World Education Congress of Meeting Planners International in Vancouver, Canada at the end of July, 2010. It was part of a series of “Flash” presentations, each limited to 15 minutes, which didn’t leave a lot of time to elaborate. I’ve fleshed some of the points out here, but the most important reason for approaching the future in this way is that it is never shaped by just one thing, but rather by a confluence of forces, many of which are conflicting.
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Economy, General
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What follows is an amalgam of presentations I made to two risk management groups in very different sectors: one in health care, and the other in insurance. The principles are the same, even though the immediate concerns may be different. This article is in two parts. This first part deals with a futurist's approach to risk management, and some of the potential risks on the horizon. Next week, I'll present some of the tools and techniques for anticipating and managing risk.
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Economy, Environment, Technology, General
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What follows is a summary of a presentation that I made for the international “Pulp and Paper Strategies” conference in Miami, Florida, in mid-February of 2008. In it, I outline the major changes in our society’s use of paper, and the very positive forces at work that can benefit pulp & paper producers, particularly the emergence of the green economy.
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Topics: Biosciences, Economy, Society, Technology
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This is a summary of a presentation I recently made for the “2006 Life Sciences Industry Summit,” co-hosted by the Long Island Life Sciences Initiative, and the Center for Biotechnology.
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Topics: Biosciences, General, Demographics, Economy, Technology
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The American health care system is about to experience enormous changes, fraught with both possibilities and dangers. Here's a summary.
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Topics: Biosciences, Economy, Technology, Society, General
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What are some of the potential problems and obstacles biotechnology must overcome if it is to fulfill its promise?
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Topics: Biosciences, Technology, Economy, Society, General
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A look at how biotechnology will change business and society over the next 20 years.
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Topics: Biosciences, Technology, Business, Economy, General
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Biotechnology is getting a great deal of press, but it's not always clear to people outside the field why it is important.
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Topics: Biosciences, Economy, Geopolitics, General, Technology
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The outlook for 2005 in a range of areas.
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Topics: Business, Biosciences, Demographics, Technology
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This occasional feature is a 'gossip column' of the future, highlighting developments and trends that I believe may become significant over time.
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Technology, General
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The biosciences revolution of the 21st century promises to be even more dramatic than the IT revolution of the last half of the 20th century. Accordingly, there's money to be made by investors - if they can avoid investing in fool's gold instead.
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Topics: Biosciences, General, Geopolitics, Society
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The coming battle between health care practitioners and the government of Ontario is an important indicator of the problems that all developed country governments are going to have with their health care systems.
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Economy, Geopolitics, General, Technology
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The outlook for 2004 is generally very good. However, there are some really nasty land mines ahead of us that could produce disaster.
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Topics: Biosciences, Technology, General
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The cries that our health care system is deteriorating are deafening. But do we want to fix the blame, or fix the problem? If the latter, than here are some things we can do.
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Topics: Biosciences
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Genetic research is opening a door to life spans of 120 healthy, active years or more - possibly much more. What we don't know is who will walk through.
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