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Planning as Learning PDF Print E-mail
Written by Arie P. DeGeus   
Monday, 27 November 2006

Futures mentor, Arie P. DeGeus, describes the approach to planning that he developed at Royal Dutch Shell in the 1970s.

In this electronic download, DeGeus covers what-if scenarios, computer modeling, and interaction with consultants help managers stay in tune with an inconsistent world. [Harvard Business Review, Mar-Apr 1988]

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Futures Research Methodology PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jerome Glenn (editor)   
Monday, 27 November 2006

This CD-Rom is a peer-reviewed handbook on tools and methods for forecasting and analysis of global change.

Each chapter in this series gives an executive overview of each method's history, description, primary and alternative usages, strengths and weaknesses, use in combination with other methods, and speculation about future usage. Some also contain appendixes with applications and sources for further information. [Millennium Project, February 1999] 

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2025: Scenarios of US and Global Society Reshaped by Science and Technology PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joseph Coates, John B. Mahaffie and Andy Hines   
Monday, 27 November 2006

  A very positive view of the future when all current laboratory technologies radically change our world and lives. [Oak Hills, 1996] 

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Competing for the Future PDF Print E-mail
Written by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad   
Monday, 27 November 2006

A rationale for thinking flexibly and creatively about the future in order to remain competitive and successful in that world. [Harvard, 1996]

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The Clock of the Long Now PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stewart Brand   
Tuesday, 07 November 2006
 
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The Clock of the Long Now
Stewart Brand offers the metaphor of the millennial clock, a slow computer that will keep perfect time for the next 10,000. By thinking in terms of a “long now,” we can learn to accept our long-term responsibilities [Basic Books. 1999].
 
Why Futures Studies? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Eleonora Barbieri Masini   
Tuesday, 07 November 2006

A short introduction to thinking about the future, focusing on the rationale and benefits for doing so.
[Grey Seal Books. 1993]

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