In his seminal works Megotrends and Megatrends 2000, John Naisbitt proved himself one of the most far-sighted and accurate observers of our fast-changing world.
Mind Set! goes beyond that by disclosing the secret of forecasting. Naisbitt gives away the keys to the kingdom, opening the door to the insights that let him understand today’s world and see the opportunities of tomorrow. He selects his most effective tools, 11 Mindsets, and applies them by guiding the reader through the five forces that will dominate the next decades of the twenty-first century...
In his seminal works Megotrends and Megatrends 2000, John Naisbitt proved himself one of the most far-sighted and accurate observers of our fast-changing world.
Mind Set! goes beyond that by disclosing the secret of forecasting. Naisbitt gives away the keys to the kingdom, opening the door to the insights that let him understand today’s world and see the opportunities of tomorrow. He selects his most effective tools, 11 Mindsets, and applies them by guiding the reader through the five forces that will dominate the next decades of the twenty-first century.
Illustrated by stories about Galileo and Einstein to today’s icons and rebels in business, science, and sports, Mind Set! opens your eyes to see beyond media headlines, political slogans, and personal opinions to select and judge what will form the pictures of the future.
Prologue
Introduction
PART I: MINDSETS
1. While many things change, most things remain constant
2. The future is embedded in the present
3. Focus on the score of the game
4. Understanding how powerful it is not to have to be right
5. See the future as a picture puzzle
6. Don’t get so far ahead of the parade that people don’t know you’re in it
7. Resistance to change falls if benefits are real
8. Things that we expect to happen always happen more slowly
9. You don’t get results by solving problems but by exploiting opportunities
10. Don’t add unless you subtract
11. Don’t forget the ecology of technology
PART II: PICTURES OF THE FUTURE
1. CULTURE: A Visual Culture Is Taking Over the World
2. ECONOMICS: From Nation-States to Economic Domains
3. CHINA: The Periphery Is the Center
4. EUROPE: Mutually Assured Decline
5. OUR EVOLUTIONARY ERA: Reservoir of Innovation
Epilogue
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
Index
