For Release: Sept. 17 , 2007
On the next One to One , Bill Goodman talks with Ed Barlow, president of Creating the Future, Inc. , a company designed to give professionals a better understanding of future influences on their businesses. The program airs Sunday , Sept. 30 at 2/1 p.m. CT on KET1 and Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 7:30/6:30 p.m. CT on KET2.Barlow, who has held executive positions in healthcare, business and higher education, delivers his vision of the future in keynotes, think-tanks, seminars and strategic planning activities. His study of long-term trends includes the examination of upcoming changes in technology, communication, pressure on natural resources and the diversity of populations . For example, Barlow urges people to consider how Kentucky's emerging Hispanic population will change the way they do business.
Barlow also argues that in order for America to continue to compete on an international level, students must learn the culture s and languages of the populations that they will eventually be living and doing business with. He proposes that some of the most important languages for U.S. students are Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. The school system, Barlow says, must be willing to change their traditional methods and expose students to these languages through new classes, distance learning or even through self-instructional products supervised by a teacher.
One to One is a KET production, produced by Bill Goodman and Cindy Asher. Following the broadcast, One to One is available for on-demand videostream viewing at www.ket.org/publicaffairs/onetoone.htm and podcasting at www.ket.org/rss. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.