Copyright © 2015 by James Canton
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Canton, James, author.
Future smart: managing the game-changing trends that will transform your world / James Canton.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-306-82286-5 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-306-82287-2 (e-book) 1. Strategic planning. 2. Technological forecasting. 3. Economic forecasting. 4. Social change—Forecasting. 5. Technological innovations—Social aspects. 6. Twenty-first century—Forecasts. I. Title.
HD30.28.C358 2015
650.1—dc23
2014035366
First Da Capo Press edition 2015
Published by Da Capo Press
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