This is the seventh and final column in our series of seven that look at the macro trends to consider when making a midlife career change. Energy is the one of the single greatest problems and perhaps one of the single greatest opportunities in the world today. »more»

This is the sixth column in our series of seven that look at the macro trends to consider when making a midlife career change. We pick up where we left off from the last two columns, "Friction or No Friction" and "Place or No Place." Both of those trends are closely tied to the ever growing connectedness of our world. »more»

This is the fifth column on the macro trends to consider when making your midlife career change.

Someone once said to me in the early days of Internet 1.0 that ‘everything that exists in the physical world will be replicated on the Internet.' In this new age we now have a choice between the way of the physical world and how society has operated in the physical world and a new, cyber way. »more»

This is the fourth column in our series of seven that look at the macro trends to consider when making a midlife career change. In the first three, which can be found by clicking on the column titles below, we looked at the Flow to Global, the Flow to Individual and Disintermediation. This column looks at the choice between Place or No Place. »more»

In a prior column I listed the seven macro trends one should consider before making a midlife career change. We have covered the first two trends and now look at the third: disintermediation. »more»

This week we look at the second* of the seven macro trends to consider prior to making a midlife career change: The Flow to Individual. »more»

In my last column I gave an overview of the seven macroeconomic trends that one should consider when making a midlife career move. All seven are of importance as you decide what your next career might be, but depending upon your chosen career path, some of these trends might be more significant than others. I leave it to you to bring that level of discernment to the decision making process.

This week we take a look at the first trend listed in the last column: The Flow to Global. »more»

Thinking of changing careers? Most people do. But it's a big decision worthy of a great deal of soul searching and due diligence. To help you with the later, LifeTwo asked futurist David Houle to identify the most important macro trends that potential career changers must evaluate. »more»

During the past four weeks I have taken a look at career change through the filter of history and through the filter of disintermediation, one of the most powerful forces affecting the marketplace today. In future columns I will suggest the other dominant forces or flows that are reshaping the world, what the work landscape might look like in the next ten years, and the changes that are already underway. This week, though, I thought it might be a nice break to go personal, and share my path of career change. While I have been given credibility as a future thinker, I want you, the reader, to know that I have gone down the path of career change. »more»

Last week we discussed one of the most transformative forces in business today. Disintermediation is a force of change that every few centuries blows through society and the workplace with such impact that in a very short time, several decades, the world gets substantially reorganized. Some historical perspective will highlight this very clearly. »more»

Disintermediation is one of the most powerful forces affecting the world today. In this column I will explain and explore this force that is reshaping the workplace. To think about making a career change without a full understanding of this force would be folly. »more»

A look back in history is always the first step to bringing perspective on the present and a valuable tool in seeking clarity about the future. So, before looking ahead to the dynamics rearranging the present and the near future of the next two decades let’s take a look at the history of humanity. »more»

It was a thrill to be asked by Wesley and Greg to write a column on career change from my point of view as a professional future thinker (people often call me a futurist, but I don’t talk about or write about colonizing Mars or other scifi subjects; rather, I look at the large dynamics and trends that are and will shape our world). »more»