Biography of Jack Uldrich

Clients include leading venture capital firms, law firms, governments and Fortune 100 companies. In addition to The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business (2003), Uldrich has also written numerous articles on the topic of nanotechnology in The Futurist, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, CityBusiness, The Futures Research Quarterly, Minnesota Business and The Saint Paul Pioneer Press.

Uldrich is a frequent speaker on the nanotechnology lecture circuit and has spoken before the Foresight Institute, The 2002 NanoBusiness Conference, The Piper Jaffery Investment Forum, The Homeland Security Conference, The World's Futurist Society and numerous trade associations and investment clubs. He is a regular guest on the award winning program, Almanac, and has appeared on CNN numerous times. Uldrich formerly served as the Director of the Minnesota Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning under Governor Jesse Ventura and is a senior associate of the Foresight Institute and a charter member of the NanoBusiness Alliance. He is also a former naval intelligence officer and served as a policy analyst in the Pentagon.

His most recent book is Into the Unknown - Leadership Lessons From Lewis & Clark's Daring Westward Expedition. If life is an adventure, no one will ever live it more fully than Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the rumored Northwest Passage, Lewis and Clark instead discovered a seemingly endless land whose very existence foretold a future America infinitely different from what had been imagined.

May 2004 marked the beginning of a two-and-a-half year bicentennial celebration of their incredible journey and its significance to the history of America. Against staggering odds, these unique men inspired such absolute loyalty in each other and in their group that they are still widely regarded as the most successful leadership team in American history. Today's leadership adventures unfold in the rugged terrain of business and who better than Lewis and Clark to lead us through its toughest challenges? Their story resonates with business leaders of our time because they had to:

Think strategically; Make tough and timely decisions; Surround themselves with good people; Manage resources; Motivate the team; Deal with different cultures; Assimilate information from many sources; Balance long-term goals against short-term realities; Learn from their mistakes; Try new approaches.

Most importantly, they had to persevere and change course in the face of adversity. Their lessons will inspire business leaders to take their teams to new adventures of great discovery.

Programs:

The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: Describes, in a non-scientific manner, what nanotechnology is, how it is going to revolutionize business and what every executive needs to know about this new technology in order to survive "the nanotechnology revolution".