Key Insights & News from UBR
Happiness is a lot more simple
The key to happiness is more simple than you think. Futurist Chet W. Sisk. One of the biggest businesses in the world today is the happiness industry. It’s a push by businesses to get you to buy everything from gongs to meditation tapes, prayer cloths, self-help...
What’s the future of trust?
There are two forces at work in our world that could bring trust back as a way we can move forward. They are as different as night and day, but they also are similar in how they could help bring back trust as a tool in common human interaction. Those two forces are...
Revolution vs. Evolution
The word revolution has been associated with political mass movements and the changing of governments, but it also can apply to our personal lives. We often say we want a revolution in our eating habits, exercise routine, or even our relationships. I suspect that many...
Overcoming Negativity and Fear
My name is Chet W. Sisk. I’m the founder of Universal Basic Resources. I’m a futurist and a change management specialist. Fun fact about my job as a futurist, it can be incredibly depressing because of the great challenges I see around the corner. Now, it helps that...
Guys in suits — are they the real deal?
The guy in the suit is smarter than the rest of us. Modern society’s most destructive fallacy futurist Chet W. Sisk. Due to the export of Hollywood images and tropes to the rest of the world, there is a kind of an assumption that guys in suits are smarter than the...
Five Reasons Why You Don’t Hear a Lot of Good News
Here are five reasons why you don’t hear a lot of good news. Futurist, Chet W. Sisk. Yes, it’s true. A lot of the negative news and information you feel all around you is because it’s being regularly provided to you through mainstream media and social media...
You Should Do Date Night
You should do date night. Futurist Chet W. Sisk. A lot of restaurants are now starting to offer date night coupons. The reason? People are looking for ways to reconnect in any way possible. They’re desperate to find human connection in a world that is experiencing a...
The Truth About DEI and Our Future Workforce
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative in the United States was created to battle systemic racism and discrimination, encouraging companies and organizations to do their part to overcome this barrier and do their best to hire people from historically...
What is zero trust security
Yes, your know-it-all brother-in-law talking about Zero Trust Security models isn’t just making stuff up. It’s a thing. The Zero Trust Security model, also known as Zero Trust Architecture, is an approach to the strategy, design, and implementation of IT systems. The...
The five most unsustainable practices we should stop doing today.
There are five practices I’ve watched over the years with amazement…I’m amazed that they are legal and I’m amazed they haven’t caught up with us…yet. Here are the practices I see that are putting our future in jeopardy. Driving to work from the suburbs to the city in...