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February 5, 2010, 3:45 pm

Generation Real-Time

Originally posted on the Huffington Post.

A few years ago I was publicly fretting over the arrival of millennials—young people in the generation after X—in the workplace. I described how these new adults would bring with them a sense of entitlement, a need for constant praise, a habit of multitasking to the point of distraction and [...]

February 4, 2010, 12:43 pm

How Young People Are Changing the World

Originally posted on the Huffington Post.

The opinions of young adults—which today have solidified into values—are not to be ignored. Not only are people in their 20s powerful voices within their communities, but they’re also consumers. These first adults of the millennial generation (roughly, the people born between 1981 and 2000) are bellwethers for a group [...]

January 3, 2010, 12:36 pm

Looking (Back) into the Future

In my last post I shared The Futurist magazine’s top trend forecasts for 2010 and beyond. Admittedly, some of it seems a little out-there, from brain-to-brain telepathy to extraterrestrial life.

But one person’s science fiction is another person’s getting to the future first. The Futurist has a compelling track record—its editors have been compiling the top [...]

December 23, 2009, 12:44 pm

Copenhagen: A Missed Opportunity for the Planet

Copenhagen was a failure. Despite going into it with fairly measured expectations, the agreement, or lack of it, is a massive disappointment and a costly missed opportunity for the planet. What we needed from the Copenhagen summit was a global, binding and fair climate agreement, and we came out of it with none of those [...]

November 30, 2009, 1:33 pm

Dusting Off My Crystal Ball

It’s trend season again, and I’ve been working on compiling my top trends for 2010. In doing that, I looked back at my predictions from five, 10 and 15 years ago, and I’ve been struck by all I saw coming (if I do say so myself).

Stay tuned for what to expect in 2010. In the [...]