Listen Up!

Every organization wants to know what’s coming next. In Listening to the Future, Daniel W. Rasmus, Director of Business Insights for Microsoft and Rob Salkowitz, author of Generation Blend, apply the methods of scenario planning to look at issues facing businesses over the next 10-12. Learn how the next wave of information technology can help your company anticipate and capitalize on changes in the world of work and business including: new business models, economic turbulence, demographic transition, new sources of data, and increasing transparency.

“...an indispensible guide to learning, a manual for managers faced – as all of us are – with the uncertain challenges of the future” – Lawrence Wilkinson, Chairman, Heminge & Condell, co-founder, Global Business Network


Dan’s blog: The Future of Work
Why we will need art to survive in the future
Mike Mandel agrees, the shift to intangibles is underway
Revisiting Genius

Dan’s Speaking Engagements:
LEAP 2009
FastForward'09
THE Conference on Marketing

Rob’s blog: Generation Blend
"NetGen Nonsense"
Talent 2.0 and Beyond
The Post-Millennial Generation

Rob’s column at Internet Evolution
Internet Efforts Promote Mideast Peace
Military Users Face Internet Barriers Despite Holidays
The 'Sexting' Trend Threatens Everyone






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Quotes about the book
“Rasmus and Salkowitz present a number of thought-provoking ideas.”
– Ray Kurzweil, author, The Singularity is Near

“Listening to the Future provides practical advice on how to apply technology, not to solve specific problems, but to facilitate agility.”
– Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division

“A methodology that can help all of us do a better job of preparing for and taking advantage of the opportunities our future will bring.”
– Rob Enderle, Emerging Technology Analyst

Links:
- Microsoft PRB Site
- MS Exec Series books
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