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Future think

how to think clearly in a time of change

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An edition of Future think (2005)

Future think

how to think clearly in a time of change

Custom ed.

In The Untrapped Mind, two leading futurists reveal the breakthrough thinking techniques they've developed to liberatethe mind from its old assumptions, and sensitize it to the earliest signals of change. Edie Weiner and Arnold Brown show how to overcome both personal and institutional biases, to see the big picture.Learn how to recognize when trends aren't linear, and when tomorrow won't be 'just like today'. The authors show how a football game can help clarify priorities in attracting and retaining customers; how the history of railroads can put the Internet into perspective; how the 'Law of LargeNumbers' helpsone recognize the drivers behind such powerful forces as deviancy and terrorism; and much more.

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FutureThink
2007, Prentice Hall
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Future think: how to think clearly in a time of change
2006, Pearson Custom Pub., Pearson Prentice Hall
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Future think: how to think clearly in a time of change
2006, Pearson Prentice Hall
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FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change
September 15, 2005, Prentice Hall
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FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change
2005, Pearson Education, Limited
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September 15, 2005, Prentice Hall
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Table of Contents

Introduction
pt. I. Personal traps : individual biases and blocks to seeing and understanding change
Looking through alien eyes
Trend/countertrend
Substituting the spiral for the pendulum
The extremes inform the middle
pt. II. Organizational traps : institutional biases and blocks to responding to change
Efficiency breeds vulnerability
The multiplier effect of new distribution channels
Entropy
Integrity begets quality
pt. III. Springing the trap : seeing the big picture
The law of large numbers
Demography
Compromise versus lowest common denominators
pt. IV. Imagining the way : using metaphors to free your mind
The three-legged stools of the political agenda
Right-of-way
Football meets shopping
Managing by harnessing evolution
Self-defeating and self-fulfilling prophecies
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

"Taken from Future think : how to think clearly in a time of change by Edie Weiner and Arnold Brown."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-266) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
658.4/062

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Pagination
xxii, 286 pages
Number of pages
286

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Open Library
OL39201207M
Internet Archive
futurethinkhowto0000wein_o2i6
ISBN 10
0536973784
ISBN 13
9780536973788
OCLC/WorldCat
497869100

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