Future smart : managing the game changing trends that will transform your world
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- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Da Capo Press, 2015
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780306824418
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- Subject(s)
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- ECONOMIC FORECASTING
- TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY-FORECASTS
- TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING
- TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS-SOCIAL ASPECTS
- STRATEGIC PLANNING
- SOCIAL CHANGE-FORECASTING
- Notes
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. . Includes index (p. 363-378)
- Abstract
- "Details the key changes--in health and medicine, technology and communication, the global economy, the earth's climate, energy, and business--that every person, company, and government must understand in order to not only adapt accordingly but thrive in the coming decades. Going beyond prediction, Canton shows readers how to get 'future-smart' with strategic steps they can take today to navigate tomorrow successfully"--
Physical Dimension
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- xv, 378 p.
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- 24 cm.
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Summary / Review / Table of Content
Introduction: What is future smart? --
From future ready to future smart --
The connected planet --
The new future of business: Predictive, smart, and mobile --
The social enterprise of the future --
The new future of the economy --
Globalization 2.0 --
Innovation ecosystems: From click-streamers to knoweldge value --
The innovation game changers --
Techno-futures: Next web, nano, and bio --
The new future of robots and smart machines --
The game-changing future of work and jobs --
The future of medicine: From prevention to regeneration --
Reinventing education: The future of learning --
The uncomfortable truth: The future of climate --
Hack the planet: Climate engineering --
Fueling the planet --
The neuro-future: New minds --
Why the future needs us --
The not-so-far future: 2100.
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