Future Smart Managing the GameChanging Trends That Will Transform Your World
By James Canton

Game-changing trends are coming in business,
technology, workforce, economy, security, and environment. Climate
change, energy demand, and population growth will redefine global risk
and power. Exponential new technologies will emerge in digital money,
mobile commerce, and big data. An explosive new middle class of over one
billion consumers will enter the marketplace. Every nation, job,
business, and person will be transformed. To thrive in this future you
have to become predictive, adaptive, and agile--to become Future Smart.
Dr. James Canton, a renowned global futurist and visionary business
advisor, illuminates the pivotal forces and global power shifts that
everyone must understand today to thrive in a rapidly changing
landscape:Regenerative medicine will extend our lifetimes and rebuild our bodies;Robots and drones will drive our cars, teach our kids, and fight our wars;Smart
machines will design, manage, and service 40% of all global
businesses--energy, commerce, finance, and manufacturing--without
humans;Digital consumers who live always connected will challenge every business to change its strategy;Climate change wars will redefine security and resourcesandlt;Most
of us are not prepared to meet the challenges the future will bring,
but these changes are coming fast. Armed with knowledge, those who are Future Smart can take action to reinvent themselves, their businesses, and their world.