Future Savvy: Identifying Trends to Make Better Decisions, Manage Uncertainty, and Profit from Change

Future Savvy: Identifying Trends to Make Better Decisions, Manage Uncertainty, and Profit from Change

by Adam Gordon
Released September 2008
Publisher(s): AMACOM
ISBN: 9780814412862

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Book description

A critical roadmap that helps companies turn "future shock" into "future savvy".

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION (1/4)
  4. INTRODUCTION (2/4)
  5. INTRODUCTION (3/4)
  6. INTRODUCTION (4/4)
  7. CHAPTER 1: Recognizing Forecast Intentions (1/5)
  8. CHAPTER 1: Recognizing Forecast Intentions (2/5)
  9. CHAPTER 1: Recognizing Forecast Intentions (3/5)
  10. CHAPTER 1: Recognizing Forecast Intentions (4/5)
  11. CHAPTER 1: Recognizing Forecast Intentions (5/5)
  12. CHAPTER 2: The Quality of Information: How Good Is the Data? (1/5)
  13. CHAPTER 2: The Quality of Information: How Good Is the Data? (2/5)
  14. CHAPTER 2: The Quality of Information: How Good Is the Data? (3/5)
  15. CHAPTER 2: The Quality of Information: How Good Is the Data? (4/5)
  16. CHAPTER 2: The Quality of Information: How Good Is the Data? (5/5)
  17. CHAPTER 3: Bias Traps: How and Why Interpretations Are Spun (1/5)
  18. CHAPTER 3: Bias Traps: How and Why Interpretations Are Spun (2/5)
  19. CHAPTER 3: Bias Traps: How and Why Interpretations Are Spun (3/5)
  20. CHAPTER 3: Bias Traps: How and Why Interpretations Are Spun (4/5)
  21. CHAPTER 3: Bias Traps: How and Why Interpretations Are Spun (5/5)
  22. CHAPTER 4: Zeitgeist and Perception: How We Can’t Escape Our Own Mind (1/5)
  23. CHAPTER 4: Zeitgeist and Perception: How We Can’t Escape Our Own Mind (2/5)
  24. CHAPTER 4: Zeitgeist and Perception: How We Can’t Escape Our Own Mind (3/5)
  25. CHAPTER 4: Zeitgeist and Perception: How We Can’t Escape Our Own Mind (4/5)
  26. CHAPTER 4: Zeitgeist and Perception: How We Can’t Escape Our Own Mind (5/5)
  27. CHAPTER 5: The Power of User Utility: How Consumers Drive and Block Change (1/6)
  28. CHAPTER 5: The Power of User Utility: How Consumers Drive and Block Change (2/6)
  29. CHAPTER 5: The Power of User Utility: How Consumers Drive and Block Change (3/6)
  30. CHAPTER 5: The Power of User Utility: How Consumers Drive and Block Change (4/6)
  31. CHAPTER 5: The Power of User Utility: How Consumers Drive and Block Change (5/6)
  32. CHAPTER 5: The Power of User Utility: How Consumers Drive and Block Change (6/6)
  33. CHAPTER 6: Drivers, Blockers, and Trends (1/4)
  34. CHAPTER 6: Drivers, Blockers, and Trends (2/4)
  35. CHAPTER 6: Drivers, Blockers, and Trends (3/4)
  36. CHAPTER 6: Drivers, Blockers, and Trends (4/4)
  37. CHAPTER 7: The Limits of Quantitative Forecasting (1/4)
  38. CHAPTER 7: The Limits of Quantitative Forecasting (2/4)
  39. CHAPTER 7: The Limits of Quantitative Forecasting (3/4)
  40. CHAPTER 7: The Limits of Quantitative Forecasting (4/4)
  41. CHAPTER 8: A Systems Perspective in Forecasting (1/5)
  42. CHAPTER 8: A Systems Perspective in Forecasting (2/5)
  43. CHAPTER 8: A Systems Perspective in Forecasting (3/5)
  44. CHAPTER 8: A Systems Perspective in Forecasting (4/5)
  45. CHAPTER 8: A Systems Perspective in Forecasting (5/5)
  46. CHAPTER 9: Alternative Futures: How It’s Better to Be Vaguely Right than Exactly Wrong (1/4)
  47. CHAPTER 9: Alternative Futures: How It’s Better to Be Vaguely Right than Exactly Wrong (2/4)
  48. CHAPTER 9: Alternative Futures: How It’s Better to Be Vaguely Right than Exactly Wrong (3/4)
  49. CHAPTER 9: Alternative Futures: How It’s Better to Be Vaguely Right than Exactly Wrong (4/4)
  50. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (1/10)
  51. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (2/10)
  52. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (3/10)
  53. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (4/10)
  54. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (5/10)
  55. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (6/10)
  56. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (7/10)
  57. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (8/10)
  58. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (9/10)
  59. CHAPTER 10: Applying Forecast Filtering (10/10)
  60. CHAPTER 11: Questions to Ask of Any Forecast (1/5)
  61. CHAPTER 11: Questions to Ask of Any Forecast (2/5)
  62. CHAPTER 11: Questions to Ask of Any Forecast (3/5)
  63. CHAPTER 11: Questions to Ask of Any Forecast (4/5)
  64. CHAPTER 11: Questions to Ask of Any Forecast (5/5)
  65. FURTHER READING
  66. INDEX
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. K
    11. L
    12. M
    13. N
    14. O
    15. P
    16. Q
    17. R
    18. S
    19. T
    20. U
    21. V
    22. W
    23. X
    24. Y
    25. Z

Product information

  • Title: Future Savvy: Identifying Trends to Make Better Decisions, Manage Uncertainty, and Profit from Change
  • Author(s): Adam Gordon
  • Release date: September 2008
  • Publisher(s): AMACOM
  • ISBN: 9780814412862