Key Insights & News from UBR
Stop complaining and get to work: Seven things we can do individually to become climate adaptive and resilient.
Futurist Chet W. Sisk If, by some miracle, we were to end all human-made carbon emissions in the world today, the damage that we’ve already done will affect all life on Earth for at least the next 200 years. This means extreme weather events are baked into the...
You don’t have to be lonely. Five ways of pushing back against the loneliness epidemic.
Futurist Chet W. Sisk It can be argued that the source of many of our crises in this current world is our disconnection from each other, from the planet, and from ourselves. Modern loneliness is a direct result of this disconnection. How many of us use social media...
Five ways AI can make the world a better place.
Futurist Chet W. SIsk Yes, most of us have heard the discussion that AI has the potential to be bad for human beings, but if that is possible, then the flip side must also be true. AI also has the potential to create great good in the world. Remember, it’s just a tool...
Leave while you can — If your job doesn’t have these 5 things…
Futurist Chet W. Sisk The trends that are reshaping the way our world operates are requiring your workplace to transform as well. Here are five things the company you work for should be doing if they want to be a sustainable and future-facing operation. The size of...
Five future-oriented myths You should stop believing.
Futurist Chet W. Sisk Because most of us consume a lot of media on a regular basis (more than any time in human history) we’re also consuming a lot of false narratives. My job is to cut through some of that digital tidal wave of blah, blah, blah to give you the...
It’s time to have an adult conversation about “exotic technology”.
I’m a Futurist. My job is to provide clear, concise data about trend developments that could affect your personal and professional world over the next few years. Today, I’m going to take some liberties and stretch out to the world of science fiction. One of the...
Six tools to keep you from losing your mind right now
Getting married. Graduating. Having children. Losing a loved one. Starting a new job. Losing weight. Gaining weight. These are the normal changes we go through in this life. It is simply how life works. But what’s happening in society now is above and beyond anything...
5 ways to future-proof your job from AI
I just talked to a new friend of mine who told me she and 250 other people were just laid off from their work as copywriters. Artificial Intelligence took their jobs. It’s real and it’s happening. Hearing her is the energy behind me writing this article. Granted,...
Next level skill set: Some things that will define new leadership in a time of climate crisis.
There was a stereotype of leadership that was sold to us through popular culture that guides a lot of our thinking on a subconscious level. We look for these things and not even know that we are. They include individuals who are: -An authority figure -Rich (which we...
The daily grind is toast: We are in the end game of the 9–5 job
At the height of my advertising agency in the late 1990s, I had a staff of 12, 5 offices, a production studio, 10 PCs, a server and a shiny new 3,000 square foot building. In less than 10 years, the technology had advanced so much that I could have done the same work,...