TY - BOOK AU - Gordon,Adam TI - Future savvy: identifying trends to make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and profit from change SN - 9780814409121 (hbk.) AV - HD30.27 .G67 2009 U1 - 658.4012 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Amacom American Management Association KW - Business forecasting KW - Strategic planning KW - Industrial management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Recognizing forecast intentions -- The quality of information : how good is the data? -- Bias traps : how and why interpretations are spun -- Zeitgeist and perception : how we can't escape our own mind -- The power of user utility : how consumers drive and block change -- Drivers, blockers, and trends -- The limits of quantitative forecasting -- A systems perspective in forecasting -- Alternative futures : how it's better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong -- Applying forecast filtering -- Questions to ask of any forecast UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008021606.html ER -