Future, inc. : how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next / Eric Garland.
2007
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Future, inc. : how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next / Eric Garland.
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New York : AMACOM, [2007]
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©2007
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264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Introduction: Today's chaos, tomorrow's opportunity
pt. 1. Tools and techniques. Futurism: the antidote to chaos
Systems thinking: a superhighway to change
Analyzing trends: real change vs. media hype
Into the future: making judgments, evaluating forecasts
Strategic implications: what the future means to you
Scenario generation: drawing a picture of the future
Communicating the future
even to the skeptical
pt. 2. Drivers of the future. Aging: preparing for a new grey world
Information technology: falling in price, increasing in power
Health care: new gadgets vs. following doctors' orders
Biotechnoogy: scratching the surface of the secrets of life
Energy: getting more out of less
Nanotechnologies: smaller is better
Media and communications: six billion channels for six billion people
Ecology and sustainability: growth can be good
Epilogue: Where do we go from here?
pt. 1. Tools and techniques. Futurism: the antidote to chaos
Systems thinking: a superhighway to change
Analyzing trends: real change vs. media hype
Into the future: making judgments, evaluating forecasts
Strategic implications: what the future means to you
Scenario generation: drawing a picture of the future
Communicating the future
even to the skeptical
pt. 2. Drivers of the future. Aging: preparing for a new grey world
Information technology: falling in price, increasing in power
Health care: new gadgets vs. following doctors' orders
Biotechnoogy: scratching the surface of the secrets of life
Energy: getting more out of less
Nanotechnologies: smaller is better
Media and communications: six billion channels for six billion people
Ecology and sustainability: growth can be good
Epilogue: Where do we go from here?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0814408974
9780814408971
9780814408971
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