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Uncharted : how to navigate the future / by Heffernan, Margaret,1955-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From former CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan comes a timely and enlightening book that equips you with the tools you need to face the future with confidence and courage. How can we think about the future? What do we need to do-and who do we need to be? In her bold and invigorating new book, distinguished businesswoman and author Margaret Heffernan explores the people and organizations who aren't daunted by uncertainty. We are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the complexity of modern life won't provide that; experts in forecasting are reluctant to look more than 400 days out. History doesn't repeat itself and even genetics won't tell you everything you want to know. Tomorrow remains uncharted territory, but Heffernan demonstrates how we can forge ahead with agility. Drawing on a wide array of people and places, Uncharted traces long-term projects that shrewdly evolved over generations to meet the unpredictable challenges of every new age. Heffernan also looks at radical exercises and experiments that redefined standard practices by embracing different perspectives and testing fresh approaches. Preparing to confront a variable future provides the antidote to passivity and prediction. Ranging freely through history and from business to science, government to friendships, this refreshing book challenges us to mine our own creativity and humanity for the capacity to create the futures we want and can believe in.
Subjects: Future, The.; Forecasting.; Social change.; Business forecasting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The spymasters : how the CIA directors shape history and the future / by Whipple, Chris,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Only eleven men and one woman are alive today who have made the life-and-death decisions that come with running the world's most powerful and influential intelligence service. With unprecedented, deep access to nearly all these individuals plus several of their predecessors, Chris Whipple tells the story of an agency that answers to the United States president alone, but whose activities--spying, espionage, and covert action--take place on every continent ... [He pulls] back the curtain on the world's elite spy agencies and [shows] how the CIA partners--or clashes--with counterparts in Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. Topics covered in the book include attempts by presidents to use the agency for their own ends, simmering problems in the Middle East and Asia, rogue nuclear threats, and cyberwarfare"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Central Intelligence Agency;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Inspiring Innisfil 2020: a strategy for the future.
Subjects: Planning - Ontario - Innisfil (Town);
© March 2011., [Town of Innisfil],
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Robotics : discover the science and technology of the future / by Ceceri, Kathy.; Carbaugh, Samuel.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 120), Internet addresses and index."Ages 9-12"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Robotics; Robots;
© c2012., Nomad Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Energy : now and into the future / by Morgan, Sally;
Tells the fascinating story of how energy production and use has revolutionized our lives and predicts how it will develop in the future.
Subjects: Energy development; Renewable energy sources;
© 1999., Thameside Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Growing pains : the future of democracy (and work) / by Dyer, Gwynne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Economic history; Economic history; World politics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sextinction : The Decline of Sex and the Future of Intimacy. by Soh, Debra.;
Theres a strange paradox in todays developed world: society has never been more sexualized, but people across all age groups and demographics are having less sex than ever before. And nobody seems to know why or what to do about it. In 'Sextinction', Dr. Debra Soh leaves no stone unturned as she searches for science-backed answers. She takes us on a roller-coaster journey through ideological debates, new technological frontiers, and modern dating to understand the whys and hows of this issue. Soh lives in Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion; PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Whale rescue : changing the future for endangered wildlife / by Hoyt, Erich,1950-;
Includes Internet addresses (p. 60-61) and index.An exploration of whales, their various habitats, the threat of extinction, and the conservationists who are working with them.LSC
Subjects: Whales; Endangered species; Wildlife conservation;
© 2005., Firefly Books,
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Tiger rescue : changing the future for endangered wildlife / by Bortolotti, Dan.;
Includes Internet addresses (p. 60-61) and index.An exploration of tigers, their various habitats, the threat of extinction, and the conservationists who are working with them.LSC
Subjects: Tiger; Endangered species; Wildlife conservation;
© 2003., Firefly Books,
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The Technological Republic : Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West / by Karp, Alexander C.,author.; Zamiska, Nicholas W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A sweeping indictment of Silicon Valley, showing how the West has slid into a culture of complacency, even as we enter a new era of mounting global threats"--
Subjects: Power (Social sciences); Regression (Civilization); Technology and state; World politics; Technology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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