Europe is moving into a time of incredible transformation. The financial and leadership crises in Europe need to be looked at from a historically high level.  The media coverage and commentary concerning the Euro crisis is completely “in the weeds”.  The coverage and discussion of the issues in Europe now are about austerity versus growth, Germany versus the rest of Europe,  Greek politics and whether Greece will leave the Euro zone or not.  Focusing on the treatment of the symptoms rather than the generic reason for the disease. The football metaphor for this level of analysis is the analysis of …

I am frequently asked about what technology I carry and use.  This is due in large part because I am a futurist and to many people technology and the future are close to synonymous.  That of course is not wholly true, but certainly understandable as it is technology that seems to trigger the changes in our lives.

In addition I often have conversations with people who, like me, travel a lot about what technology works best on the road.  So here is what I use, like, travel with and therefore heartily recommend as action speaks louder than words.  Of course the …

[An apology to my regular and long time readers:  this has been the longest time I have ever gone between columns.  I have been starting work on my next book and have allowed that to take top priority during my writing time every day.  Now that it is well underway, I am back with another column on the New Health Age.  Thank you for your patience!]

In my last column I wrote about  the New Health Age, the new age of health care and medicine that we have entered.  The coming changes in the health care landscape in the …

We have entered a new health age in this early part of the 21st century.  Humanity and particularly Americans are entering a new time of medical miracles and health care.  The thinking, delivery and economics of medicine and health care are changing and these changes will be accelerating in the next few years.

In the United States, the discussion about health care has largely been driven by fear, misinformation and manipulated by politicians.  Any discussion driven by these three forces is not an intelligent one.  That is why Jonathan Fleece and I have written “The New Health Age: The …