Future, inc how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next /

Main Author: Garland, Eric.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : AMACOM, c2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10196204
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300 |a 264 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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? 
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