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The Art of the Long View
Paths to Strategic Insight for Yourself and Your Company
by Peter Schwartz
ISBN: 0385267320
ISBN-13: 9780385267328
Format: Paperback
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"At last! A way out of the business astrology of trying to predict the future. This book is rewarding to think about and smart to plan with." -- Steve Barnett
-- Harper\'s
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Doubleday
Published date: 1996
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Publisher's Notes
What increasingly affects all of us, whether professional planners or individuals preparing for a better future, is not the tangibles of life - bottom-line numbers, for instance - but the intangibles: our hopes and fears, our beliefs and dreams. Only stories - scenarios - and our ability to visualize different kinds of futures adequately capture these intangibles. In The Art of the Long View, now for the first time in paperback and with the addition of an all-new User's Guide, Peter Schwartz outlines the "scenaric" approach, giving you the tools for developing a strategic vision within your business. Schwartz describes the new techniques, originally developed within Royal/Dutch Shell, based on many of his firsthand scenario exercises with the world's leading institutions and companies, including the White House, EPA, BellSouth, PG&E, and the International Stock Exchange.
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