The Art of the Long View
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It is the hopes and fears that affect us in planning for a better future. Only stories, scenarios and our ability to visualize different kinds of futures adequately capture these intangibles of life. This book gives you the tools for developing a strategic vision.
Introduction to the Paperback Edition: The Strategic Conversation - Broadening The Long ViewThe Pathfinder's Tale3The Smith & Hawken Story: The Process of Scenario-Building16The Scenario-Building Animal29Uncovering the Decision44Information-Hunting and -Gathering60Creating Scenario Building Blocks100Anatomy of a New Driving Force: The Global Teenager118Composing a Plot135The World in 2005: Three Scenarios163Rehearsing the Future191Epilogue: To My Newborn Son211Afterword: The Value of a Strategic Conversation219User's Guide: How to Hold a Strategic Conversation227Appendix: Steps to Developing Scenarios241Endnotes249Scenario Planning: Select Bibliography256Index259
