Future Smart, James Canton
Future Smart, James Canton
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Future Smart
Managing the Game-Changing Trends that Will Transform Your World

Author: James Canton

Narrator: Don Hagen

Unabridged: 18 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/01/2015


Synopsis

A forecast of the most important game-changing trends—and how to manage and profit from them to improve your life.

We live in a time of complex and radical change. Those that are ill-prepared for the seismic shifts set to occur over the next thirty years will be in for a rough ride.

From leading global futurist and advisor James Canton, the acclaimed author of The Extreme Future and Technofutures, comes Future Smart: the essential blueprint on what's coming next. It details the key changes—in health and medicine, technology and communication, the global economy, the earth's climate, energy, and business—that every person, company, and government must understand in order to not only adapt accordingly but thrive in the coming decades. Going beyond prediction, Canton shows readers how to get "future-smart" with strategic steps they can take today to navigate tomorrow successfully.

About James Canton

Dr. James Canton runs the Wild Writing MA at the University of Essex and is the author of Ancient Wonderings and Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary Landscape, which was inspired by his rural wandering in East Anglia. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Essex and reviews for the TLS, Caught by the River, and Earthlines. Canton is a regular on British television and radio and lectures frequently. He lives in Essex, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darren

If one could predict the future with certainty, just think of the possibilities. Yet even getting a bit of a lead to what might be around the corner can still be a good thing. This book aims to give you at least a head start. The author has consulted his crystal ball and looks at what he says could b......more

Goodreads review by Troy

Reading this startled my brain numerous times regarding different things I may want to consider implementing – without re-inventing the wheel- as the author has outline a strategy that generated income for him.......more

Goodreads review by Reem_pH

(خلاصات كتب المدير ورجل الأعمال - إدارة دوت كوم) —————— ما يلي ليس مراجعة للكتاب وإنما الخلاصة التي قد أود مراجعتها أو استذكارها لاحقاً. على المؤسسات الحالية إعادة النظر في أهدافها وتوزيع المسؤوليات الإدارية داخلها. وكذلك الانتباه لتغير سلوكيات العملاء عما قبل، والاطلاع على توجهاتهم وكيفية استقطابهم في......more

First learned about James Canton when he visited Singapore maybe around 2010. According to him, if Singapore continuous to think within tangible terms, for example its geographical limitations and small population, how it will become will be limited by the same tangible characteristics. However, if......more

Goodreads review by Dan

Books of this nature can sometimes suffer from techno-utopianism. This is slightly the case here but it is a compelling read with ample supply of factual background to support the author's forecasts. What I found especially compelling was his description of the coming interconnectiveness of the IoT,......more