Future Vision is published…
I’m happy to report that Future Vision: Alternative Scenarios for the World in 2040 (published by Scribe in Melbourne) is now out and increasing about. If you would like a free copy I am giving away 6 e-copies and 4 hard copies to the first people to say that they want one (please say whether you would prefer ‘e’ or ‘p’ format).
You can either post contact details on the comments form below or email me with your name and email or postal address to richardat(deletethisbit)nowandnext.com
UPDATE! All free e-copies now taken, but we have 2 more hard copies to give away.
NEW UPDATE!!! All gone I’m afraid but I’m seeing what we can do for people…
figjam88au at hotmail dot com
sounds interesting
e copy plz.
I want one! ‘e’ copy
Sorry folks, just ‘sold out’ of the e-version, but 2 hard copy ‘p’ versions still up for grabs.
I would like to get an e-copy of your book.
Hello, congratulations with the new book! I woul love a signed copy, please 🙂
Would love a hard copy !!
Congrats – are both your new books out now ?
Love a copy
Whats the contents of the book?
Thanks
James
Have enjoyed your previous work, and I would love a hard copy of this new one.
Contents
About this book
Forward- into the unknown
Part 1: The future four told
Chapter 1 – Future 1: Intelligence
Chapter 2 – Future 2: Greed
Chapter 3 – Future 3: Fear
Chapter 4 – Future 4: Temperance
Part 2: Gone today; here tomorrow
Chapter 5, Inside out & outside in
Taming the crystal ball
The nature of perceiving
What aren’t we seeing?
What can others see?
Chapter 6, The scenario planning QUEST
The QUEST process steps
– episode 1, Questions: Learning to identity and focus the issues
– episode 2, Environments: Learning to clarify influences of environmental change
– episode 3, Scenarios: Learning to build alternative futures
episode 4, Transformations: Learning to use scenarios for strategic development
Chapter 7, Questions
What’s it all about?
How did we get here?
Why people see some things and not others
How far into the future do we need to go?
Who should we listen to and what should we ask them?
Mapping the issues
Chapter 8, Environments
Interviews, presentations and literature reviews
Interviews with remarkable people
Brainstorming using (I)NSPECT
Chapter 9, Scenarios
Trends, critical uncertainties and wild cards
Getting to the scenarios
If at first we don’t succeed… Ah ha!
Enriching the matrix
Testing for robustness and logic
Timelines
Chapter 10, Transformations
Preferred futures
The idea of strategic domains
Developing the strategic implications
From implications to options
Monitoring
The difference between scanning and monitoring
Weak signals and deep change
Staying in the zone
Chapter 11, The World View Scenarios
Questions
Environments
Scenarios
Transformations
Chapter 12, Foregone conclusions
Postscript – Strategic shocks: five game changers for 2040
References & useful sources
We have run out of the free copies given to me by the publisher but I’m working on whether I can get some more. Plan B is that I am putting some of the content on the blog (first large chunk went up today). I’m also working on a timeline of future history based upon some of the book content and this will go online (blog and elsewhere).
BTW, my other book is out Dec 6 (UK) but I’m unsure what the plan is beyond UK.
Book just dropped through the door !!! Many Thanks
BTW do you do twitter?? can’t find your name on nowandnext.com or this blog!
No I don’t. I’m anti although I sometimes wonder whether I should. Key issue for me is something – this blog, for instance – would have to go to create the time.