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Future, inc

by Garland, Eric.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : AMACOM, (New York :) Physical details: 264 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Business forecasting. | Industrial management. | Electronic books.
Year: 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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