By Peter Schwartz
The realm we are living in this day is extra risky than ever. the safety of unfastened countries is threatened via rogue states, the worldwide economic system is in flux, and the fast boost of expertise forces consistent reevaluation of our society. With such a lot of robust forces at paintings and possible unpredictable occasions taking place, to many the longer term turns out darkish, and its probabilities frightening.
Peter Schwartz disagrees. A world-renowned visionary within the box of state of affairs making plans, Schwartz’s startling—and exact— predictions were hired via govt firms and significant organisations for greater than twenty-five years. He argues that the long run is foreseeable, and that by means of analyzing the dynamics at paintings this present day we will are expecting the “inevitable surprises” of tomorrow.
Timely and thought-provoking, Inevitable Surprises is a ebook that nobody with an curiosity in business—or the way forward for our society—can have enough money to miss.
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