What do futurist’s read? Check out the books that top our member’s “must read” list.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything |
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Written by Lee Shupp
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 A Short History of Nearly Everything
Witty. Great science book that gives an overview of pretty much all of science, documents the conflicts and unknowns in each field, and makes you feel really lucky to be alive.
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The Medici Effect |
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Written by Lisa Bodell
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 The Medici Effect
Author Frans Johansson, a former CEO of an enterprise software company, draws on case studies to demonstrate how innovations occur when people see beyond their expertise and approach situations actively, with an eye toward putting available materials together in new combinations.
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The Hype about Hydrogen |
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Written by Kenneth Harris
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 The Hype about Hydrogen
The book was published in 2004 and is a good technical analysis written non-technically of the complex issues involved in converting to a hydrogen economy.
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The History of God |
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Written by Lee Shupp
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 The History of God
Examining how humans created God and gods largely in their image, Armstrong also shows us how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have overlapped and influenced one another, gently challenging the secularist history of each of these religions.
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How Industries Evolve |
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Written by Christian Crews
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 How Industries Evolve
McGahan uses a favorite futurist tool, the 2x2 matrix, to uncover how industries evolve based on threats to core assets, core activities, or both. Well-researched and inclusive of most past research, this book provides a dynamic view of industries very helpful to the creation of alternative future scenarios. More info at Amazon
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Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another |
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Written by Lisa Bodell
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 Critical Mass
An insightful account about how societies organize themselves.
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Scenario Planning: The Link Between Future and Strategy |
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Written by APF Admin
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 ...The Link Between Future and Strategy
Scenario planning combines scenario analysis and strategic planning. This is a serious book, yet it’s the friendliest introduction to the nuts and bolts of scenario planning that you are likely to find. Most charts are simple and smart, not spiders’ webs of zigzagging arrows. Chapters walk you through an overview followed by the basic principles of scenario and strategic thinking and offer a glimpse of scenario planning in practice. There is a fine glossary spelling out such jargon as back-casting ("a scenario technique where you start with an imagined future and then create a path to it") and EPISTLE (a seven-letter acronym for economy and market; politics; institutions and organizations; social changes; technology; legal changes; and ecology and ethics). Our favorite bit is a sample scenario on the future of crime, comparing computer hackers to Al Capone.
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Blink |
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Written by Lee Shupp
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 The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Gladwell focuses on our "adaptive unconscious", that which provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea.
While one must be wary of journalist's apparent love of the latest academic study (1 test in academia = truth), this is an interesting study of how we respond intuitively.
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