As a Business Intuitive, Kala Ambrose brings a wealth of knowledge to corporations, businesses and individuals providing insightful solutions with a competitive edge to achieve their business and personal goals. Her consultations are based upon her background in public relations, marketing, and social networking as well as her experience in the legal and technology fields. Through her intuitive guidance, remote viewing and forecast of business trends in the future, she has the ability to unlock the mysteries to your business and career life; creating a heightened ability to prosper and maximize your potential and profits.An accomplished entrepreneur, Kala brings her straight-forward insights directly to the table and is respected for her unique approach which allows her clients to see what needs to be changed to guide their career or business to its highest potential. With a background in real estate and traditional Feng Shui, Kala also offers guidance on the right property to house the business headquarters location.

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 Housing and Commercial Real Estate Market

A housing readjustment is needed and interest rates will go up. New technology in housing will bring a resurgence in the market, as developers turn their attention to renovating and rebuilding trendy downtown areas with new features that attract buyers including tax breaks to buy new homes and condos. These include environmental attractions such as solar panels, urban gardens and rooftop gardens, as well as interior features such as moveable walls, in loft style apartments that allow people to expand and contract their living space as needed. Imagine moving walls to open up the space for a party and moving them back later to create a guest room when needed.  Transportation will play a major role in this economic development, as more cities get on board with public transportation and less cars crowding the streets.Another opportunity will be for some of the commercial office parks which are now empty, to be turned into housing for a specific type of community, such as senior housing. Many of these commercial buildings have excellent parking and cafeterias built into the buildings, along with large conference rooms, all of which are feasible to turn into senior centers.

Federal and state governments may also offer tax breaks to the corporations who sell these centers at a substantial discount to private schools who wish to turn them into educational centers as they already have labs in place and are set for technology for a new 21st century style teaching.

One of the perks for technology corporations to do this is that the school includes the company name as part of the naming of the school and this company may provide computers and guest teachers and tutors to train students in technology. Others may be medical based and teach science and medicine or offer the arts, humanities, and business.

Corporations become sponsors of these new schools, and are able to hire the best and brightest from these schools, which eliminate the need for college for some of these students, being hired directly from this highly evolved and focused private high school with many courses being at the collegiate level.

Many students and parents will praise this idea as a highly effective way to allow students to learn what interests them the most and get a jumpstart on creating what they love as a career.

Cars will evolve to include more personalized order. Rather than seeing giant car lots in the future with rolled off the factory generic cars, consumers will be able to order more customization and hand pick what they want and don’t want in their cars. As iPad’s and other devices of this nature advance, cars will come with designated areas that hold devices of this nature, which allow the consumer to use their iPad for navigation, radio, TV and DVD showings, eliminating the need for these screens, as well as GPS and other devices in the cars. The iPad attaches into the car and is able to be removed by the consumer taking it with them throughout their day, so that all their personal interests stay with them.A new automobile feature will emerge which allows customers to customize the paint on their car, so they can order a customized car with their company’s logo, their favorite sports team, or other brands of your choice. Think of it as branding tattoo’s for the car. Interior options for seating with sport logos and other brands will also be offered.

The key to innovation in this business and others will be all about quality and giving people specific items that they desire.

If she wants it, this is Hillary Clinton’s election to win in 2012. She’d have to look past running against an incumbent president, but he’s ready to step down and let it happen. 2012 is her year to win.

2012-2014 present two more years of unstable market periods, which are needed to make necessary changes and adjust the market from the enormous waves of instability. 2015 is a rebuilding year and 2016 brings new growth.

The Future of Healthcare

 New healthcare options are available including video appointments with your doctor via a WEB MD Skype-like channel that is set up between doctor offices and your insurance, so that you can pay your deductible online, insurance is taken care of and you have a private consultation with your doctor online via video.This skyrockets, with new technology, including plug in machines going through your computer that check your blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar with real time reports going directly to your doctor during your video appointment with him.  New technology expands with pulse oxidation and other procedures.  Nurse practitioners are also available for follow up meetings, and checkups. Parents find this very helpful with sick children, rather than having to bring them to the office, though of course, many times, this initial meeting will lead to the patient being scheduled to come into the office if the doctor needs a more detailed exam of the patient.

In addition, this allows you to meet with other doctors and specialists covered in your insurance plan that work in other states. Instead of traveling, if you want a second opinion by a specialist in New York, while you are living in Arizona, you can arrange a video appointment online with this specialist for a second opinion and have a meeting with them to confer about treatments.  Medical billing is all done via computer online and set up as well with long term payment options when needed.

One of the groups to jump on this market will be plastic surgeons who set up “lay-a-way” type accounts, where patients can create a savings account and pay into this account before having an elective plastic surgery.

Another feature will be that when you set up your account, you will be able to select the pharmacy of your choice and when you doctor prescribes a medication for you, he will be able to do this online while meeting with you and online order the prescription for you at the pharmacy of your choice. Since this prescription is typed in, there is less chance of error by pharmacists attempting to read poor handwriting by doctors. You are also able to have a record of your prescription, how long you have been on medications and will receive online notices when a prescription needs to be refilled.

Doctors making house calls will also become popular, where they follow up visiting patients with long term care and disabilities and for patients who are ill with flu and other conditions making it hard for them to get out of bed.

Doctors will work with companies who can come in and assess the house for the best in home health care and treatment such as for long-term illness and even better designs in the home for those who suffer with asthma and allergies.  Some doctors will choose to have smaller offices, choosing instead to rent space inside or near hospitals and bounce between their small office and making house calls.

In home personalized services are on the rise, from private yoga instruction to chefs who come in and cook meals for a week and refrigerate them, to doctors making house calls and therapeutic services like massage. Drug manufacturers will ask to advertise on these online programs, offering coupons for products also available in the pharmacy.

 Careers that Must Adapt

to Thrive

General Life Coaches fall out of favor; instead Experts in their particular field of expertise are hired to give advice and coach. Much like you go to a specialist for a medical procedure, you work with an Expert Coach in the particular field that you are interested in pursuing.  The Coach has years of experience and education in their field and can also be hired to come on board and work for the company as a contracted consultant for a period of time. This leads to new career paths where executives who were pushed out of corporations in early retirement, can continue to work in the fields they love and share their years of experience.Contractors need to think outside the box to start drumming up business during this construction slump. Out of work construction and home renovation companies need to become more innovative. Collaborative efforts will benefit both companies and customers such as approaching subdivisions, which have councils that send out newsletters to everyone in the subdivision, introducing the contractors to a new market. Contractors who offer a discount to a subdivision where three or more neighbors book the work at the same time can be very beneficial. If for example a contractor builds screen porches, they can offer a subdivision wide discount where if homeowners purchase this project during this three-month period, they will receive a substantial discount. Book all the jobs in this subdivision and keep your crew in this one area working for an entire quarter.

This way when one job slows down due to the need for an inspection or parts that didn’t arrive, crews can quickly move to another house in the same subdivision and begin work on a tear down or framing and move back to the other house when parts and supplies arrive.

Along with cutting down travel costs and drive time for crews, it allows for multiple deliveries to arrive at one subdivision, for multiple houses.  In addition, the community enjoys watching the progress on each house and comparing notes on the various designs.  If they like your work, they’re guaranteed to recommend you to other subdivisions and you can book out each quarter ahead of time.   This also works for roofers, porches, additions, and inside work, tiling, windows, hardwood floors, the possibilities continue and also work well for landscapers and interior designers.Speaking of landscapers, a new trend will be a “make over my yard on a budget”, where you offer one stop shopping and pricing to make over a yard. Also make over my house for a party will be popular, where a crew arrives to decorate the front yard for Halloween parties, with bales of hay, scarecrow, pumpkins, mums, characters and decorations.

This also works for Christmas with lighting and décor. Homeowners like the “no mess, no muss, no storage option”, as your service includes removing all the décor after the holiday.

Busy homeowners no longer have to be on ladders stringing lights or determining where to store giant Santa’s, reindeer and other décor.  Offering these services to an entire subdivision again, where they book out in advance, maximizes profits and time.

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The future of Business and Restoring the Economy

As we continue the global expansion of being available 24-7, working flex time hours and shifts will become a popular option. This also creates new jobs, as companies need staff available around the clock, so second shift hiring brings in new jobs.

Flex hours are not only about shifts, but the number of days working as well. The employers who are most popular will offer shifts including working four day work weeks with ten to eleven hour shifts, giving employees three day weekends, while opening up jobs for part time workers to work three day work weeks on a Fri/Sat/Sun schedule. This allows younger generations four days a week to attend college or pursue other interests and also allows baby boomers who wish to work part time the ability to do so while having other days available to them to travel and enjoy their lives.To be competitive, American companies will need to honor their employees and understand that work is supposed to be part of their lives, not all of it. Smart companies will offer flex time and more vacation time like their European counterparts. They will recognize that work will also need to have meaning and depth to their employees and drone working is no longer viable. People must feel connected to the products they build and the services they provide. They want to take pride in their work and what they have made.  Creative input is also important to recognize and reward with compensation. When employees have creative outlets and the ability to daydream and think about ideas, companies will benefit from these concepts as well as retain workers.  When employees are again viewed as the most important assets in the company, business will soar.

As Henry Ford said, “Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.”

People are looking for experiences. When you can have everything almost instantly at a discounted price, the value comes in the experience and the credibility.Many of those old establishment department/anchor stores in the malls that your parents and in some cases grandparents shopped at, are on their way out.  A few are trying some last ditch efforts to attract the younger crowds with celebrity endorsements, but it’s too little too late. Many of these stores will soon go the way of other old timers like Montgomery Ward, who remembers them now? Niche stores are the wave of the future, as well as expert stores like the Apple Genius brand, rather than vague random stores full of too many counter-intuitive products.

Apps continue to explode in growth including retail. One that I expect to see soon, is where I can walk down the street and snap a photo of someone’s shoes as they walk by and the app will search this photo, tell me who designed these shoes and then locate the ten closest retailers who sell the shoes and give me a price comparison. The app would list the bricks and mortar retail stores, in case I want the shoes on my feet in an impulse buy in the next ten minutes, and it would also offer online shopping store versions in case I am willing to wait and order online for a better price.

Another app will be the Yard Sale app, where you can find local yard sales using GPS directions to get there and even see photos of some items ahead of time that you are interested in. You can rank the yard sales by importance and plan your trip out according to the most efficient drive time and by selecting the priority of items you are looking for.

The best option for bookstores to continue in business is to adapt, collaborate and appreciate.  Collaboration must come quickly by realizing that the age of the bookstore as a single source has passed. To be interesting in their local area, they must become a hub of activity with a plethora of local events to attract people into the store. The print books themselves become a secondary marketing item (think going to a musical event and then buying the CD or tee shirt to take home from the event).  Adaption comes into play as stores move in the future to offering a print-on-demand service in the store where books can be ordered and printed out instantly.    Appreciation extends to authors and readers, offering special services to frequent customers and inviting more authors to participate in the stores events, as they bring their fan base to grow with them.

Some events may include large screens in the stores where authors Skype in regardless of where they are, to speak and interact with fans in the store.

Online shopping is only going to get bigger. One of the biggest fan markets for New Orleans Jazz is in Japan. Imagine as these fans, who are half a world away, are able to watch videos and chat online in real time with jazz artists, sales of online products will soar. Savvy musicians and other artists will learn to offer live webinars and other live offerings via the net, including private concerts to people who pay and register in advance.  Just like in concert halls, they will perform to fans around the world via this online presence, to those who aren’t in the local area or live in one of the cities designated for a concert. This new experience is unique and personalized.Live chats and “ask the author/musician/artist a question” will become the new trend as well. Book signings won’t go away, in the future, you can order a custom ordered book by your favorite author, where you pick from a choice of your favorite cover and the author customizes a personalized dedication to you, along with their signature, which is all printed digitally and watermarked to ensure the value of the book.  Books also expand with digital downloads that come with each book purchase, sometimes with tickets to private online events with the author and digital downloads to private concerts and giveaways, only to those who purchase the book, which each one is printed with a custom id to enter to win. Think of those random generated numbers when you are signing up for an email list, the computer will randomly generate a code on each book printed, so there’s no chance of guessing it without purchasing the item first.

Online shopping will more than double in the next decade.  To keep up with supply and demand, UPS stores will create local stores with delivery boxes assigned to customers, similar to how people use P.O. Boxes, except these will be larger to accommodate packages. This will fill a big need for as online shopping and shipping increases, crime will quickly follow this trend and home delivery thefts will be on the rise.  Due to people’s work schedules, they are often not home when packages are delivered and this need will rise.

Enterprising companies will soon see that while shipping/pick up centers may work in the cities, they will not work for suburban families and their needs.

We’ll soon see the prototypes for a new style of mailbox in neighborhoods, where mail is dropped in a slot in the box outside the home when delivered and a digital pass code can be entered by UPS and other delivery companies to place box deliveries inside this large mail/shipment box. Consumers give their password when ordering a package online and this password is included when processing shipping orders to UPS and other companies.

The Secret to a Successful Bricks and Mortar Retail Store

The successful stores will stop complaining about the online stores taking business away from them and instead become innovative and competitive again by offering to consumers what online stores can not, which are – Retail Therapy through Impulse Buying and Expert One-Stop Shopping Experiences.  Here are some examples.You’ve heard of Man Caves, now be on the look out for the “Man Store”.  Like Abercrombie’s “models” in their stores, the next evolution will be a man store, where men are outfitted with everything they need in one stop shopping. This will be offered in a variety of ways. Think of a sports store, where the man walks in and says… I want to go fly-fishing. An expert fly fisher guide is assigned as the person to help this man and he takes him through the store, equipping him with the rod and reel he needs, along with the appropriate vest, wading boots, hat, net and other equipment.  He recommends a guide book to be purchased, and can also interact with travel services with approved and selected fly fishing locations which can include hotel and air travel if needed.   This continues on and on, with “I want to go to Pro Sports Game”, and the guide arranges tickets, sports memorabilia clothing and other gear, along with any type of sports or outdoor activities. The man is loaded up with the gear, equipment, clothing, reservations and other items needed.

Similar stores follow suit, with Man Stores or specialized Man Departments within the store with experts Concierge’s assigned to help them, including: I just got a corporate job and need appropriate clothing, or I need to wow a girl on a date and need the right outfit, a gift, and reservations to a restaurant or theater.

In smaller cities and towns where guides are not available in the store, an online app version is offered where you interact with the guide online through live video.

This trend continues with men, who want choices and personalization as much as women.  Expect to see more personalized stores, including specialized party foods, snacks and beers.

As this takes off, women follow suit, bringing back old department store techniques that used to bond women to a certain store and keep them there all day. These stores will offer services that once existed in upscale department stores including a place to dine inside the store along with spa services, including makeovers with assigned expert concierges.  The woman comes in and says “I have a date and need to get ready” and spends the day at the store, having her hair done, nails done, skin care and makeup applied, and then the expert concierge finds her the perfect outfit and accessories including shoes, jewelry and purse.  This concept extends to bridal parties and corporate job makeovers.

Each purchase at the store is logged into a program customized for the store, listing what the customer had done with her hair, including what products were selected, who the stylist was, and what nail polish, clothing, and makeup was used.

This is emailed to the customer so that she can continue to purchase the shade of lipstick that she loves or return to a favorite stylist at the store and of course, book the expert concierge for a return visit.Girlfriend parties and mother and daughter outings are also scheduled for women to shop together each with their expert concierge shopping with them in the store.  Themes include: I just got invited to a wedding; I’m going on a cruise or vacation, and similar types of events.

Technology is used further in these events. Computers scan the face of the woman and integrate what hairstyles would be the most complimentary along with selecting the best shades of hair color and cosmetics.  Formulas via the computer are mixed like paint is mixed in home renovations stores, to create the perfect formula of hair color for the person. This is also used in the makeup counters, to create the perfect blend of foundation for the person. These custom blends are recorded so that the person can retrieve this code and reorder this perfect blend over and over.

Stores that offer these services will begin to leave the malls, choosing instead to be a destination onto their own, holding shoppers captivated as they receive makeovers from head to toe along with dining with friends and family all in house.  The retail costs for the stores is lower than in the malls and revenues go up as shoppers remain in their store and don’t drift out to other markets.Other stores catch on to this idea and offer experts in their stores, one can walk into a craft store for example and say, I want to build model airplanes or I want to learn to quilt and experts are assigned to them who guide them on what they need to purchase and information they need to accomplish this task.

Expert status also leads into other ventures. Restaurants innovate to allow nutritionists and chefs the ability to work together to create new menus, which explain in greater detail why foods are healthy choices and what nutrition they are providing. This creates a new food guide, where you are able to choose wisely and be better informed on your choices. A guide is created with colors and symbols showing which food groups are involved in each meal and at what level.

Blended bartering comes back into vogue in local restaurants. Local grown products by farmers are offered to restaurants in return for farmers and their families eating the finished products at the restaurant. Blended advertising is also shared, with the restaurant promoting the local farms and their products available for sale at the farmer’s market and the farmers at the farmers market advertise to their customers that they can eat their products in complete meals at the restaurants they partner with. The customer appreciates the “from the farm to the table” collaboration experience and gains trust for both parties.

Many restaurant franchises fold in this coming decade. They were too cookie-cutter and ran their employees like cattle. Their desire to streamline took all the quality out of the experience and the employees are not connected to the company due to low wages and mistreatment.

Local businesses and restaurants will be on the rise along with larger companies that allow employees to work their way up the chain and see a long-term career with a company offering the ability to grow.

The Future of Furniture and Design

North Carolina has been one of the nation’s leading furniture makers and has the ability to evolve again and design the future.  Engineers and designers will work together in teams, leading the way will be the interaction with technology in furniture. Furniture will expand again in its multi-functional capacities and most tables and chairs will be on wheels that pop out and tuck inside table legs when desired.  Tables will fold in and expand out on themselves, going from coffee table size to dining room table expansion, along with desks, which take on double duty from side tables to full size working desks to fit in guest room and offices.Lighting will also become more versatile, using remotes for color choices and dimming and will include cables that allow consumers to raise and lower lights from the ceiling, helping with those chandeliers that are impossible to clean up high in an entry area.  Mood lighting with LED colors will soon be the hot trend, similar to how neon was in the 1980s.

Remember mood rings in the 1970’s and those shirts that changed colors with body heat in the 1980s? New technology will bring clothing that will not only change colors like this before, but this with more helpful statistics and information.  Clothing will change colors for athletes to warn them and their coaches that they are overheating and need to cool down.  Technology will be able to read other medical problems as well and help alert the person to this situation before it occurs and hopefully can be stopped.Another area where we’ll see this occur is in children’s wear, with diapers that change color to alert the parent to wetness and small chips in clothing that alert parents to babies running a temperature, some through color and others with a chip inside the clothing that shows the body temperature on the pajama top that the baby is wearing.  Technology will also increase in removing body odors from clothing.

New breakthroughs in autism will be found by researchers by using music to communicate with autistic children. Apps with music reward children by playing their favorite songs when they successfully accomplish a task. Tonal sounds also guide them when they are closer to their goals or moving further away.  This spins off another technological innovation, in which blind people are helped with an app that reads distance to buildings, curbs and other locations and alerts the blind person through tonal sounds warning them when they are too close to something. This is then a feature added into GPS services as GPS technology advances so that when blind people wish to go walking, they can follow verbal GPS instructions, while also be alerted to hazards like buildings, water, trees, streets and oncoming cars and joggers.

A product that has needed renovating for a while is the toilet. In the future, we will see them become more high tech. They will be able to analyze the urine to detect pregnancy and other medical conditions, which can be detected through urine. Bidets will also be built into toilets, returning back to this sanitary practice, rather than the current overuse of bleached toilet paper.

Part Two of Kala’s Predictions for 2012 and the Decade Beyond

coming tomorrow