POWERFUL TIMES RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF OUR UNCERTAIN WORLDPDF电子书下载

Chapter. 1: History unleashed 1

Five Centuries of History Coming Undone 2

Gobbledygook and the Gorilla 7

Mental Maps and Paradoxical certainties 8

Making Sense of a Transformative Era 13

Sect. 1: What's happening? : predicting the present 17

Chapter. 2: Clarity and craziness 21

Clarity 21

Craziness 35

Chapter. 3: Secular and sacred 45

Secular 45

Sacred 54

Chapter. 4: Power and vulnerability 65

Power 65

Vulnerability 77

Chapter. 5: Technology acceleration and pushback 85

Technology Acceleration 85

Pushback 96

Chapter. 6: Intangible and physical economies 105

Intangible 105

Physical 119

Chapter. 7: Prosperity and decline 131

Prosperity 131

Decline 143

Chapter. 8: People and planet 153

People 153

Planet 171

Sect. 2: What if? : changing for the challenges ahead 181

Chapter. 9: Governance 189

An Emerging Global Governance 191

Local Innovations in Governance 196

A rising Second Superpower 199

Chapter. 10: Innovation 201

Innovating for the Base of the Pyramid 201

Sustainable solutions 207

Education and Learning 211

Sect. 3: What's next? : scenarios for the next decade 219

Chapter. 11: Three snapshots of the future 229

New American century 229

Patchwork Powers 234

Emergence 239

Sect. 4: So what? : acting in an era of transformation 245

Chapter. 12: Creating our new future 247

The New Realities for Business 247

Endnots 265

Afterword : using this book in your life and work 295