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Mind set! : reset your thinking and see the future
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- ISBN: 9780061136887
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xx, 282 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Location of Originals/Duplicates Note: | QUIRC |
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| Subject: | Social prediction Schemas (Psychology) Twenty-first century -- Forecasts |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | HM 901 Nai (Text) | 36970000577579 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2006 September #2
Naisbitt, prescient "futurist" and best-selling author of Megatrends (1982) and Megatrends 2000 (1990), reveals the process behind his ability to anticipate global trends. Naisbitt broke away from his small-town Mormon roots to become a top executive at IBM and Eastman Kodak and was an assistant to both presidents Kennedy and Johnson before becoming a global philosopher, studying trends by monitoring hundreds of daily local newspapers. In part 1, his 11 mind-sets reveal ways to approach the processing of information without the constraints imposed on us by preconceived ideas and popular culture. Mindset Four, "Understanding how powerful it is not to have to be right," is a prime example of how stubborn thinking, particularly in the fields of politics and medicine, puts huge constraints on the abilities of leaders to solve problems. In part 2, Naisbitt smashes many of the preconceptions we have about globalization and our perception of change. ((Reviewed September 15, 2006)) Copyright 2006 Booklist Reviews - Choice Reviews : Choice Reviews 2007 June
Naisbitt first received international recognition as a forecaster with the publication of Megatrends (CH, Jan'83), and he continues to identify significant trends likely to shape the future. The present volume differs somewhat from Naisbitt's other books, however, in its aim to disclose the means enabling him to predict the future. The critical element in making judgments concerning the future lies in the process by which information is received and evaluated--mind-sets people create to provide basis and orientation. In the first half of the book, Naisbitt presents 11 mind-sets that have been instrumental in shaping his predictions. Five chapters in the second half each contain a "picture" of the future: the growing dominance of visual over print culture; the transition of nation-states to economic domains; the globalization and decentralization of China; the potential for economic decline in Europe; and the evolution of innovation. Each chapter is followed by applications of appropriate mind-sets to each picture. Endnotes provide data sources. Since readers may well develop their own mind-sets, individual pictures of the future may differ from those of the author. But Naisbitt is a master of prediction, and his book provides stimulating, entertaining reading for a broad audience. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All collections. Copyright 2007 American Library Association. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2006 September #2
This latest by Naisbitt (Megatrends ) identifies various mind-sets that will enable readers to prepare for the future and understand the global changes that are underway. He shares the values and rules he has developed to discipline his own mind and to filter information, illustrating that it's how we receive information that moves us forward or holds us back. In Part 1, Mind Sets, readers learn how using mind-sets like Understand how powerful it is not to have to be right, Don't add unless you subtract, and Don't get so far ahead of the parade that they don't know you're in it can organize, instruct, and transform their lives, personally and professionally. Part 2, Pictures of the Future, deals with major trends and global shifts, e.g., where Europe is headed and what may be the Next Big Thing as hyped by the media. The key that Naisbitt is offering here is awareness. Once readers are aware of their limitations, imposed by a lifetime of repetition and culturally inherited mind-sets, they can use the author's mind-sets to open themselves to the future. Business collections will want to add.Susan C. Awe, Univ. of New Mexico Lib.
[Page 70]. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2006 August #2
When Megatrends was first published nearly a quarter-century ago, Naisbitt was hailed as a cutting-edge futurist. Today, however, he's more like your crotchety grandpa, complaining about how he can't get through the voice-mail system to talk to a real person. Naisbitt's latest book reads like a manuscript that's been stuck in a drawer since 1985, as his insights into the futureâcorporations are becoming more powerful than nation states, video games are an art formâare embarrassingly behind the times. Although he touts 11 principles to help readers cultivate forward-looking thinking, these turn out to be banal guidelines like "focus on the score of the game" and "don't add unless you subtract." Tangential rants about hysterical environmentalists and free market capitalism as the only way to organize modern society reveal a creeping conservative mindset, but even here Naisbitt is bringing up the rear, touting Friedrich Hayek long after everyone else has moved on to Leo Strauss. In his eighth predictive tract, the author coasts on his reputation. (Oct.)
[Page 196]. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
