Overview
- Prepares readers to think about the future of their businesses, society, and their own lives
- Brings together multidisciplinary perspectives to revisit the concept and understanding of the future
- Helps with proper understanding of planning, forecasting to reduce organizational stress and personal anxiety
Part of the book series: Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STAIS)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book closely examines the concept and theory of 'future' from a multidisciplinary perspective, focusing on the practice of forecasting, especially in its interaction with complexity. It highlights the relations between forecasting, decision-making and strategy, mixing technical arguments (but minimal mathematics) with ideas from psychology and philosophy. Rich with examples, the book highlights the role of values and attitudes in deciding how to look at the future.
Written in a casual but precise style that makes the ideas easily digestible, it helps corporate strategists, practicing futurists, and researchers in the field of strategy or public planning gain a fundamental perspective on the future – before starting to predict things.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: What About the Future?
Book Subtitle: New Perspectives on Planning, Forecasting and Complexity
Authors: Fred Phillips
Series Title: Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26165-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26164-1Published: 04 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26167-2Published: 04 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26165-8Published: 26 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2570-1509
Series E-ISSN: 2570-1517
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 157
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: R & D/Technology Policy, Market Research/Competitive Intelligence, Innovation/Technology Management, Risk Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory