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Thursday, March 3, 2011

“We have seen eye-popping developments across society, technology, institutions, and products and services in the last generation; this will surely continue into the future  ....  if we decide today to launch a product, buy a house, study for a degree, build a new light rail system, or take any similar decision of significance, the environment of tomorrow will be a key factor in the success or failure of that decision .... Our decisions are only as good as the view of the future they rest on [profound understanding of all of the driving forces shaping and re-shaping the environment]. All opportunities and successes and profits are realized in the future. All threats, failures, and losses are realized in the future  ....  Either way, the earlier and clearer we see future circumstances, the better we will be able to benefit by changing our current recipes for success to keep up with the changes in the world. The better managers’ view of the future, the better their decisions will turn out to be  .... ” 

Publisher and/or Author:__Andres Agostini ─ @Futuretronium at Twitter! Futuretronium Book at http://3.ly/rECc