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12 Trends for 2012
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. The year ahead is going to be a tumultuous one, challenging in political, economic, and financial terms. Despite this, there are opportunities for those prepared to take advantage of them, because uncertain times mean that … Continue reading
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It Can’t Happen Here: What Happens After Occupy Wall Street
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. The Occupy movement is most significant not for what the protestors say, but rather that the movement is happening at all. It demonstrates significant unrest, and the greatest dissatisfaction with the capitalist system that we’ve … Continue reading
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9 Trends in Innovation
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. There are innovations in the field of innovation itself, as well as older principles of innovation that have been around so long that many people either aren’t aware of them, or ignore them despite their … Continue reading
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Tomorrow’s Missing Technologies
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. Southwest Airlines’ in-flight magazine recently contacted me with an interesting question: What things, of the everyday items we use today, are most likely to disappear? They wanted to ask me “about a few technologies or … Continue reading
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Things to watch through 2011 and through the decade
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. Like all years, there will be good news and bad in 2011. Because of the bad planning, bad judgment, and bad behavior of previous years and decades, some of the potential bad news is very … Continue reading
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Health Care to 2035, Part II
How will health care evolve from where it is today to where it might be in 25 years? That’s the subject of this blog. Continue reading
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Robots Arrive
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. I’ve written about robots on several occasions before, but want to revisit the subject because the arrival of robots is imminent, and portends more than just science fiction characters come to life. First, let’s review … Continue reading