Are You and Your Business Ready to Succeed in the FAST FUTURE?
The Fast Future isn’t coming - it’s already here. Over the next 25 years, grand-scale, “uber” change will profoundly transform virtually everything in our world. Amazing opportunities lie ahead for forward thinking and agile organizations, while killer threats await those unprepared or unwilling to change. Businesses in every sector, industry, and market must take action now to define new enterprise goals, strategies, and action plans - or face the likely consequences. John Doehring’s timely, eye-opening book reveals the top ten uber-trends that are already revolutionizing our world and explores the implications that business leaders and entrepreneurs must consider for success in the 21st century, Fast Future ahead.
Table of Contents:
Part I - Introduction
The Fast Future!
1 | The Challenge of the Future - Today
2 | The Economy, Forecasting, and the Road Ahead
Part II - Uber-Trends
3 | The Astounding Acceleration of Technology
4 | Information Ubiquity and the Rising Value of Knowledge
5 | The Great Globalizing Globe
6 | The Morphing, Mutating, Shape-Shifting Marketplace
7 | Urbanization, Mobility, and the Power of Infrastructure
8 | Embracing Diversity, and the Ascending Global Meritocracy
9 | Longevity, Healthy Living, and the Bio-Century
10 | Climate Change, Environmentalism, and Energy
11 | The New Look of Community
12 | A Future of Change
Part III - Conclusions, and the Action Agenda
13 | Action- on What to Do with the Fast Future Ahead
Notes
List of Figures
About the Author :
JOHN DOEHRING, CMC, is The Maverick Advisor! and an accomplished speaker, author, and certified management consultant. Founder and principal of J. Doehring & Co., John helps professional services firms, middle market companies, and growth-oriented entrepreneurs to plan for the future, grow their business, and make more money. John is an active member of the National Speakers Association, the Institute for Management Consultants, and the World Future Society. He is also the author of The BackPocket! Business Plan: Outrageously Simple Business Planning for Extraordinary Business Results. John and his wife, Megan, have five children and live in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
Review :
“This book is a must read for all in the game of business!”
- Ronald D. Worth, CEO, Society for Marketing Professional Services
“John’s insistence that through understanding both your company and the larger trends ahead your business can survive, and even thrive, in such a future is a great lesson for any leader.” - William C. (Bill) Siegel, PE, President and CEO, Kleinfelder
“Compelling and engaging. John Doehring neatly dissects the most transformational upheavals facing society, and then applies his observations directly to organizational practice. If you and your team are not addressing these uber-trends, you are not prepared for what is ahead.” - Michael C. Spoor, CEO, Bravo Energy Latin America
