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Facing Our Futures

How foresight, futures design and strategy creates prosperity and growth
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Facing Our Futures by Nikolas Badminton explores how innovative trends in technology, business, and society are shaping a new era for humanity. The author delves into futurism to help leaders and entrepreneurs navigate upcoming challenges and opportunities. By shedding light on transformative forecasts, this book prepares readers to leverage change for sustainable success in the business world.
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If you're fascinated by how emerging trends and technological innovations shape our world, this book invites you to explore future scenarios with thought-provoking insights. It's perfect for those interested in strategic foresight in business and entrepreneurship.

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Facing Our Futures

A fascinating insight into how professionals and businesses can develop their foresight and strategy to ensure that they are prepared for an unpredictable future

A fascinating insight into how professionals and businesses can develop their foresight and strategy to ensure that they are prepared for an unpredictable future.

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A fascinating insight into how professionals and businesses can develop their foresight and strategy to ensure that they are prepared for an unpredictable future.

Businesses, organisations and society at large are all subject to unforeseeable events and incidents that often have a dramatic impact upon prosperity and profit. Due to their unpredictable nature, business leaders and executive teams are unable to prepare for these specific events. However, through innovation, strategising and an open-minded approach, they can restructure their organisation and practices in order to mitigate (or even take advantage of) the impact of such events.

In Facing Our Futures, Nikolas Badminton draws upon his decades of experience as a consultant and futurist to provide readers with the skillset and outlook they need to prepare their organisation, team and themselves for whatever obstacles the future may hold. CEOs, executive teams, government leaders and policymakers need to gain a broader perspective and a firmer grasp on how their relevant industry, society or community is evolving and changing. Once they have acquired this foresight, they need to then discover how to fully harness it – by strengthening their foundations, forecasting and establishing a resilient and adaptable strategy.

Facing Our Futures acts as a primer on the value of seeing how bad things can get and the power in imagining these futures. It also provides a proven strategic planning and foresight methodology - the Positive Dystopia Canvas (PDC) - that allows leaders to supercharge their teams to build evocative visions of futures that strengthen planning today.

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Facing Our Futures by Nikolas Badminton is lauded as a vital read for navigating future challenges in business and leadership. The book is praised for providing a comprehensive framework that helps leaders build resilience and prepare for uncertainties by exploring futuristic strategies. Reviewers highlight its practical tools for CEOs and futurists, emphasising the importance of holistic and collaborative approaches to strategic planning for achieving sustainable and inspiring outcomes.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399400237

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Business

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist and Think Tank leader at Futurist.com. He is a seasoned futurist, researcher, media producer, consultant and Fellow of the RSA. He frequently consults multi-national organizations, governments, media companies and investment funds, having specialized in highlighting the significance of foresight in securing future success. He has advised hundreds of clients, including brands such as Google, Microsoft, NASA, United Nations, Rolls Royce, HSBC, AT&T, Heineken, American Express and many more. His work has been featured on BBC, Vice, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Techcrunch, Business Insider, Forbes and Huffington Post. Nikolas is the founder of Dark Futures, an annual event which was established in 2013 and has featured over forty speakers in events across North America.

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