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Megatrends, recently completed a book with the working title millennium trends. If you are as old as me, peter senge had just rocked our world with the fifth discipline and systems thinking and you were primed for nesbitts big thinking. His predictions, seen with hindsight, make pretty interesting reading. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. In his seminal works megatrends and megatrends 2000, john naisbitt proved himself one of the most farsighted and accurate observers of our fastchanging. It raises our awareness of what role technology plays in our daily lives, and encourages a discussion about how biotechnology will alter life in the future. Megatrends hardcover january 1, 1984 by john naisbitt author. Naisbitt gives away the keys to the kingdom, opening the door to the insights that let him understand todays world and see the opportunities of tomorrow.
Ten new directions transforming our lives was published in 1982. From the neolithic revolution to the information age, innovation has been the catalyst for profound socioeconomic, cultural, and political transformation. Doris naisbitt is an observer of global social, economic and political trends. Minneapolis star tribune internationallyrenowned futurist and bestselling author john naisbitt is back with chinas megatrends, the most comprehensive look at the present and future of. In it, naisbitt identifies the global trends that will form the future political and economic world. In global paradox, john naisbitt builds a powerful instrument of comprehension from this one profound and vital insight about the seemingly chaotic changes that appear to. I decided to reread it now because i was interested in examining how accurate the forecasts turned out, and. John naisbitt is an american author and public speaker in the area of futures studies. Naisbitt reexamines this idea in his latest book, high techhigh touch. Megatrends was published in 1980, 1982 by warner books megatrends, an extremely popular and widely quoted book, has been considered by many people to be a mainstream book with great significance to the business community. About the megatrends series megatrends have accompanied humankind throughout history. Years ago after reading his earlier book megatrends in 1982 i had the good fortune to spend an afternoon with john naisbitt discussing his futuristic forecasts about our changing world. Megatrends, recently completed a book with the working title millennium.
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Next to the whitney houston and steve windood cds on your bookshelf you probably have a copy of megatrends, the 1988 classic by john naisbitt. This book is the 1990 update to the blockbluster, megatrends, by john naisbitt from 1982. John naisbitt has 23 books on goodreads with 4392 ratings. Quotations by john naisbitt, american businessman, born january 15, 1929. John naisbitt project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. John naisbitt has 23 books on goodreads with 4405 ratings. Reinventing the corporation, random house value publishing. Several years later i left a good corporate position to start my own company inspired by our oneonone meeting and forecasts set forth in his earlier book.
John naisbitt books list of books by author john naisbitt. I had first read the book near the time when it came out. Megatrends are not fads that change every other year, according to doris and john naisbitt, authors of mastering megatrends. Megatrends ten new directions transforming our lives john nasbitt trend 6 society in general is becoming increasingly selfreliant. High tech high touch decodes our interaction with technology through the human lenses of time, play, religion and art. Do john naisbitts megatrend predictions still hold true.
He theorized that in a world of technology, people long for personal, human contact. The date in the title of this book is a reference to the end point of the forecast period. The term megatrends was popularized by author john naisbitt, who was interested. John naisbitt 10 of the worlds most groundbreaking.
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John naisbitt first developed the concept of high tech, high touch in his 1982 bestseller megatrends. Publication date 1991 topics social indicators, social prediction. In it they predicted the following characteristics for a decade of 90s of the 20th century, which turned out. John naisbitt, the wellknown social forecaster, speaker, and author, puts the transitions discussed in the preceding article. Lets focus a bit on what naisbitt got right in his 1982 megahit, megatrends, because in many cases the principles underlying his predictions can still be helpful for us today. Eight asian megatrends that are reshaping our world. The industrial welfare state is being dismantled around the world.
Megatrends was an effort to understand the present in order to predict the future with a. See all books authored by john naisbitt, including megatrends. John naisbitt, who earned his for tunetelling reputation with his prescient bestseller. Chinas megatrends free summary by john naisbitt and doris. In his seminal works megatrends and megatrends 2000, john naisbitt proved himself one of the most farsighted and accurate observers of our fastchanging world. But now, 900,000 copies and 16 months after the release of his best seller megatrends, naisbitt needs two. J ohn naisbitt, who earned his for tunetelling reputation with his prescient bestseller.
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