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Future-Oriented Publications
Here are our best recommendations for books on the topics
of the future and strategy:
These books available for purchase in association with Amazon.com.
Click on the title or the cover image if you're interested in purchasing
the book.
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Out of the Blue: Wildcards and Other Big Future Surprises
- John L. Petersen / Paperback / Published 2000
Nobody discusses the absolutely unexpected as clearly and analytically as John Petersen.
His specialty is the "wild card," the low-probability but high-impact event that most individuals
deny. Best in class.
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The Art of the Long View : Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World
- Peter Schwartz / Paperback / Published 1996
A classic. Should be on the shelf of any individual involved in strategic planning. Fully explains
the technique of scenario development as a planning tool. From the leading scenarist in the world.
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What is Strategy and does it matter?
- Richard Whittington / Paperback / Published 1993
Classic work on the alternative approaches to strategy and planning. Although it's academic in approach,
Whittington is compelling in his analysis. This is the book I recommend to clients who believe that they should
only consider a militaristic, deterministic "we can achieve anything we set as a goal" approach. Whittington
provides summary and clarity to the four models of classic, processual, evolutionary, and systemic approaches
to strategy that have emerged respectively in the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Important reading.
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Rewiring the Corporate Brain : Using the New Science to Rethink How We Structure and Lead Organizations - Danah Zohar; Hardcover
Absolutely superb. Must reading for an individual either undergoing or supervising change in
an organization. Written with humility and insight. Full of examples from Zohar's consulting work.
She is the only author I've ever seen who quotes from my favorite work of philosophy, James Carse's
Finite and Infinite Games
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The Innovator's Dilemma : When New...
- Clayton Christensen / Paperback / Published 2000
Clay Christensen reveals how technologies have changed the landscape of competition. Because technology
prediction is a vital ingredient of foresight we include this book to help your analysis of how emerging
"disruptive" technologies can threaten your status quo.
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Technotrends : How to Use Technology to Go Beyond Your Competition
- Daniel Burrus, Roger Gittines / Paperback / Published 1994
Burrus' unusual, novel-style book on technology is written as a narrative using his card game
metaphor. Comprehensive in its look at 24 technologies that will impact most business fields. Useful reading
if you can use the index.
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