Powerful Times : Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World

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Understand the most revolutionary human transformation in four centuries... and prepare for it! We’re not just living through an age of change: we’re living through a ‘change of age’: the most profound inflection point in human history since the Enlightenment. That’s the thesis of Eamonn Kelly’s remarkable new book Powerful Times. From terrorism and nuclear proliferation to emerging technologies and economic globalization, Kelly weaves together 7 powerful ‘dynamic tensions’ that will reshape human life in the coming decades. Kelly offers breakthrough insights into how these tensions will conflict-and how they’ll resonate, creating giant waves of change beyond anything we’ve ever faced. He takes on the truly big questions. Simply put, this book will help you prepare for humanity’s most profound transition in 400 years. For every executive, strategist, manager, entrepreneur, public policymaker, and citizen interested in the trends that will most powerfully impact business and life in the coming decades. Kelly co-authored What’s Next: Exploring the New Terrain for Business and The Future of the Knowledge Economy, and authored GBN’s 2003 Scenario Book.For Sale in Indian subcontinent onlyFeaturesUnderstand the most revolutionary human transformation in four centuries... and prepare for it! Why we're speeding towards an inflection point that will change human society more profoundly than any event since the Enlightenment. From terror to technology: 7 'dynamic tensions' that are reshaping the world - and your future. By Eamonn Kelly, one of the fathers of 'scenario planning,'the world's most powerful technique for anticipating change.Contents Acknowledgments Preface WHAT’S HAPPENING?: PREDICTING THE PRESENT History Unleashed Clarity and Craziness Secular and Sacred Power and Vulnerability Technology Acceleration and Pushback Intangible and Physical Economies Prosperity and DeclinePeople and Planet WHAT IF?: CHANGING FOR THE CHALLENGES AHEAD Governance Innovation WHAT’S NEXT?: SCENARIOS FOR THE NEXT DECADE Three Snapshots of the Future SO WHAT?: ACTING IN AN ERA OF TRANSFORMATION Creating Our New Future Endnotes Afterword: Using This Book in Your Life and Work