The Five Futures Glasses

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. About this book

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 1-7

3. Why we need futures glasses

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 8-28

4. Many futures and five futures glasses

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 29-48

5. Your blue futures glasses:What lies ahead?

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 49-86

6. Your red futures glasses:How could the future surprise you?

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 87-126

7. Your green futures glasses:Which future opportunities do you have?

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 127-159

8. Your yellow futures glasses:Which future do you want to form?

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 160-211

9. Your violet futures glasses:What are you planning to do?

   • Pero Mićić

   Pages 212-238

10. See more of the future

    • Pero Mićić

    Pages 239-245

11. Back Matter

    Pages 246-266

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This is an inspiring, and practical book about seeing more of the future markets than the competitors. It is the first comprehensive model for analyzing and managing the future systematically and effectively. The five futures glasses and the 'Eltville Model' are simple, but thorough tools to improve thinking and communicating about the future.

• futures
• glass
• planning
• science and technology

'If leaders and managers are to learn anything from the years of crisis it is that they must develop future thinking skills. Based on Pero Mi?i?'s rigorous research and many years of experience, The Five Futures Glasses provides essential, exciting and effective ideas, techniques and tools for learning about the future in the present. This book is much needed!' - Jeff Gold, Professor of Organization Learning, Leeds Business School.

'I hope that this book will be available in Chinese very soon, for the millions of Chinese readers, who can greatly benefit from Pero Mi?i?'s unique and comprehensive way of managing the future.' - SK Liow, China Hair and Beauty Association.

'You need an integrated framework to process, digest and act on information about the future. The Eltville Model is the first really effective framework to do this.' - Richard C.M. Wong, Chairman of Vistage, Malaysia& Singapore.

Praise for German edition

'The Eltville Model, with the five futures glasses, is the most comprehensive and integrated model of strategy development using the perspectives and tools of strategic foresight that I know.' - Dr. Peter Bishop, Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight, University of Houston

'The Eltville Model is the most effective strategy development tool that we have used so far at Continental.' - Dr. Hartmut Wöhler, Continental

'This valuable system with the five futures glasses made sure we achieved verygood results within a very short time.' - Dr. Georg Oenbrink, Degussa Evonik

• FutureManagementGroup AG, Germany

  Pero Mićić

DR. PERO MI?i? is a leading expert on future management and future markets and CEO of FutureManagementGroup AG, Eltville, Germany. Dr Mi?i? studied Business and Future Studies in Germany, Great Britain and in the USA. He received his PhD from the Leeds Business School with a work on futures methodology. He is the author of five other books and numerous articles on future management and is a frequent speaker at events events worldwide. Since 1991, Dr. Micic has been a consultant for many of the world's leading enterprises on issues of corporate foresight, future markets and practical implementation into strategic management. Dr. Micic is a founding member of the Association of professional Futurists, president of the advisory board of the European Futurists Conference in Lucerne and president of the Conference on Trend- and Future Management. His website is www.FutureManagementGroup.com (alternatively www.Micic.com)

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