Future savvy identifying trends to make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and profit from change /

Gordon, Adam, 1964-

Future savvy identifying trends to make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and profit from change / [electronic resource] : Adam Gordon. - New York : American Management Association, c2009. - x, 294 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-287) and index.

Recognizing forecast intentions -- The quality of information : how good is the data? -- Bias traps : how and why interpretations are spun -- Zeitgeist and perception : how we can't escape our own mind -- The power of user utility : how consumers drive and block change -- Drivers, blockers, and trends -- The limits of quantitative forecasting -- A systems perspective in forecasting -- Alternative futures : how it's better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong -- Applying forecast filtering -- Questions to ask of any forecast.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Business forecasting.
Strategic planning.
Industrial management.


Electronic books.

HD30.27 / .G67 2009

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