What About the Future? New Perspectives on Planning, Forecasting and Complexity /

• Main Author: Phillips, Fred (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Science, Technology and Innovation Studies,
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Market research.; Management.; Industrial management.; Risk management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Market Research/Competitive Intelligence.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Risk Management.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.
• Physical Description: XV, 157 p. 31 illus., 30 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030261658
• ISSN: 2570-1509
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26165-8

This book closely examines the concept and theory of 'future' from a multidisciplinary perspective, focusing on the practice of forecasting, especially in its interaction with complexity. It highlights the relations between forecasting, decision-making and strategy, mixing technical arguments (but minimal mathematics) with ideas from psychology and philosophy. Rich with examples, the book highlights the role of values and attitudes in deciding how to look at the future. Written in a casual but precise style that makes the ideas easily digestible, it helps corporate strategists, practicing futurists, and researchers in the field of strategy or public planning gain a fundamental perspective on the future - before starting to predict things.