Contents for
September-October 2006
Volume 40, No. 5
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Tomorrow in Brief
More Forests for the Trees, Not the Climate
Portable Education via Podcast
Dancing Eases Mental Problems
Helping Dentists Detect Cancer
Use of Ecstasy Declines in U.S.
"Visions
of the Future" Art Contest Winners
By Andy Hines
Framing the key issues affecting your organization, scanning the environment to see how trends may play out, and envisioning possible--and desirable--outcomes are all part of the strategic-foresight process. Incorporating this framework into your organizational culture can help you move forward with clarity, creativity, and confidence.
Plus:
Best Practices in
Scanning
By Lisa Bodell
Procter
& Gamble's Clay Street Think Tank
By Edie Weiner
Futuring
in Action
By Peter F. Eder
Preparing the Team for Strategic Foresight Work
By Drusilla Copeland
A Personal Approach to Strategic Foresight
By Verne Wheelwright
Eight Supertrends Shaping The Future of Business
By Karl Albrecht
Success in the business world of tomorrow means recognizing the sweeping changes to today.
COVER STORY: |
The Anticipatory Leader: Buckminster Fuller's
Principles for Making the World Work
By Medard Gabel and Jim Walker
For leaders striving to "make the world work for 100% of humanity," there is no
better model of leadership than that of "comprehensive thinker" R. Buckminster
Fuller.
In the Shadow of Pandemic
By Tyler A. Kokjohn and Kimbal E. Cooper
Influenza is a highly adaptable virus. Minimizing the impact of a global influenza
outbreak will require people to be adaptable as well.
Future View: Beyond Eden: Adam and Eve Build the Future
By Don C. Davis
In an age of science, the story of Adam and Eve's expulsion from paradise can still serve
to inspire humanity toward building a better future.
Designer Babies and
21st-Century Cures
A book review by Patrick Tucker
Ian Wilmut, the geneticist who cloned Dolly the sheep, plunges headfirst into the cloning
debate in After Dolly.
E-Power to the People
By Parker Rossman
Environment
What price water?
Arctic Research Hints at Future Warming
Climate Change May Destroy Coastal Fishing
Thinking More Clearly About the Future
Technology
Hiding Secrets in Computer Files
Demography
Containing Population Growth
Economics
Coal in the 21st Century
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