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For proponents of various movements, see futurism.

Futurists is a term used to describe management science consultants who advise private and public orgainizations on diverse global trends, risk management and emerging market opportunities. Some countries call these interdisciplinary practitioners Futurologists.

A key element of all management is being able to anticipate what competitors, employees and customers are likely to do next, in the context of a rapidly changing wider world. Thus it is true that to some extent all effective leaders are futurists.

The futurists are also a group of artists.

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[edit] Future thinking

A key part of futuring is managing uncertainty and risk. Some trends are relatively clear - for example the fall of telecom costs towards zero or the aging demographics of many countries in Western Europe. The issue is often more about timing than the nature of the events themselves.

Others are very hard to predict, including significant numbers of so-called Wild Cards, or low probability, but high impact events. <ref>The Future: An Owner's Manual</ref>

See Futures Studies

[edit] Quotations on the Future

  • Study the past if you would divine the future - Confucius
  • Talking computers will replace written language by 2050.
Dr. William Crossman - Institute for the Study of Talking Computers and Oral Cultures
  • Any useful statement about the future should appear to be ridiculous - Jim Dator
  • By the time you have finished reading this, the future will have come, gone, and is now history - Uncredited

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To meet the challenges of the future, we need to find out about what we can plausibly expect in the years ahead so we can understand what our options are. We can then set reasonable goals and develop effective strategies for achieving them.

Futurists have refined multiple useful techniques to help us think ahead.
USA • 1-800-989-8274 or 1-301-656-8274 • e-Mail •

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