02118nam a2200325 a 4500 ebr10196204 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060912s2007 nyua sb 001 0 eng 2006030349 0814408974 9780814408971 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)77528512 HD30.27 .G37 2007eb 658.4/01 22 Garland, Eric. Future, inc [electronic resource] : how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next / Eric Garland. New York : AMACOM, c2007. 264 p. : ill. 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. Business forecasting. Industrial management. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10196204 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 216650 216650