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Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence
Gotham
June 2003
On Sale: June 19, 2003
256 pages
ISBN: 1592400272
EAN: 9781592400270
Hardcover
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One of America's foremost prognosticators and author of the
bestseller and management classic The Art of the Long View
discusses the big surprises ahead, the resulting scenarios
that are creating the future of our world, and what they
will mean for you and your business. The world we live in today is more volatile than ever. At
times it seems that the only constant we can rely on is
change itself-and what the future will bring appears to be
anybody's guess. But Peter Schwartz, one of the most
visionary scenario planners of our time, believes the future
is taking shape around us now, and that by taking a closer
look at the changes in action today, we can predict what the
world of tomorrow will be like. With Inevitable Surprises, Schwartz offers a provocative
look at the forces that are dramatically reshaping our
world-and shows what we can do to plan ahead for our
society, our businesses, and ourselves. Each chapter takes a
predetermined new reality that we will soon face-including
regenerative medicine, global climate change, an aging
population in the West, and the rise of terrorism-and offers
critical foresight for the coming decades. Ultimately,
Schwartz brings his analyses of these developments together
to offer three overarching scenarios that are possible
directions for world history in the coming years, and
outlines the implications for each. Timely, thought-provoking, and endlessly fascinating, Peter
Schwartz's Inevitable Surprises is a book no one in
business-or anyone with an interest in the future-can afford
to miss.
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