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Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World
by Eamonn Kelly
from Wharton School Publishing
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Where are we headed? 
Powerful Times was written to help leaders understand the present and better anticipate the future, to make better sense of our times. His analyses seem plausible and the scenarios possible. He shows what must be done to make a better future. However there is little evidence that sufficient strength of will and character exists to overcome the most difficult issues facing mankind.
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Intriguing analysis of the forces shaping the future
Eamonn Kelly's predictions aren't as simple as those offered by some futurists, but that's because he's trying to be realistic about the complexity of "powerful times." And while Kelly's ideas aren't simple, they are clear. You can take any one of his predictions, such as the growing importance of water or the rise of consciousness about the sacred, and work through the implications for business and home life. In fact, Kelly explicitly asks readers to do so. His afterword poses a series of questions about... more info
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Thought-provoking, irresponsible, and sometimes comically incorrect. But fun. 
Powerful Times has promise as you plow through the first handful of chapters. I've done quite a bit of future `ideating' mostly for product innovation to have concepts like `clarity vs craziness' - something we called, `synthesized sense-making' at work - and `technology acceleration vs pushback' - resonate with me. His arguments make sense and they feel like they're pointing to a powerful conclusion.
And then, something happens that makes you distrust everything you haven't researched yourself. For... more info
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Good Cliff note summary of current events
Airplane read. Book is current ... data based. Diverse news roundup with links to future implications. Can't recall any high concept take aways.
Buy it soon ... not much shelf life
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