The term megatrends was coined by john naisbitt, who, 25 years ago, publis hed a book of the same title. John naisbitt born january 15, 1929 in salt lake city, utah is an american author and public speaker in the area of futures studies. Ten new directions transforming our lives john naisbitt new york. The new york times suggested that people who want to know about the future would do. Economic conditions, economic forecasting, economic history, social change, social. The whole idea of leadership, cnspiracy, and hierarchy is rethought. Megatrends 2000 by john naisbitt identifies ten forcesfrom a decline in the welfare state to a renaissance in the artsthat promise worldwide social change in the coming milennium. It describes what was beginning to shape the 21st century, including the rise of the pacific rim, the dawn of the age of biology, the triumph of the individual, the emergence of the free market socialism, a religion revival, cultural nationalism, and the booming global. Download megatrends 2000 ebook free in pdf and epub format. Technology and our search for meaning, which submits that americans are intoxicated bytechnology at its best, technology supports and improves human life and at its worst. He theorized that in a world of technology, people long for personal, human contact. Megatrends 2000 download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Find all books by john naisbitt and compare prices. Buy megatrends 2000 by john naisbitt online at alibris. Read megatrends 2000 online, read in mobile or kindle. Megatrends 2000 is certainly a much more substantial work. Access a free summary of chinas megatrends, by john naisbitt and doris naisbitt and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Megatrends 2000 by john naisbitt and his wife, patricia aburdene. Patricia aburdene identifies ten forcesfrom a decline in the welfare state to a renaissance in the artsthat promise worldwide social change in the coming millennium. I had first read the book near the time when it came out. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. But at least one staid gray institution has cast its vote, in print. Naisbitt reexamines this idea in his latest book, high techhigh touch. Lets focus a bit on what naisbitt got right in his 1982 megahit, megatrends, because in many cases the principles underlying his predictions can still be helpful for us today. Chinas megatrends free summary by john naisbitt and doris.
Megatrends by john naisbitt the paragraphs below are from megatrends ten new directions transforming. The date in the title of this book is a reference to the end point of the forecast period. Years ago after reading his earlier book megatrends in 1982 i had the good fortune to spend an afternoon with john naisbitt discussing his futuristic forecasts about our changing world. Aburdene, patricia and a great selection of similar. A mil lennium is a powerful thing the last time, in the 990s. Isbn 9780380704378 9780380704378 softcover, avon, 1991. This book is the 1990 update to the blockbluster, megatrends, by john naisbitt from 1982. English an invaluable guide to a rapidly changing world. Quoting einstein she suggests that humans have an optical illusion. Ten new directions for the 1990s by john naisbitt, patricia aburdene online at alibris. Megatrends 2000 by patricia aburdene and john naisbitt.
Naisbitt and aburdene provide a forecast of the coming ten years, including a booming global economy, the decade of women in leadership, and the religious revival of the third millenium. Nearly two decades have passed since the publication of the groundbreaking national bestseller megatrends and a remarkable number of its controversial prophecies have come to pass. Megatrends 2000 offers an antidote for too much gloomanddoom. By the year 2000, it will probably be employing 4 million textile. Ten new directions for the 1990s john naisbitt, patricia aburdene. Pdf on jun 1, 1990, gisela taschner goldenstein and others published. The term megatrendd was coined by john naisbitt in the early 1980s and used to. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In his seminal works megatrends and megatrends 2000, john naisbitt proved himself one of the most farsighted and accurate observers of our fastchanging world. Economic conditions, economic forecasting, economic history. Sepuluh arah baru untuk tahun 1990an john naisbitt dan patricia aburdene.
It was on the new york times best seller list for two years, mostly as no. Megatrends 2000 by naisbitt, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. John naisbitt first developed the concept of high tech, high touch in his 1982 bestseller megatrends. John naisbitt and pat aburdene reap profits as mega. Buy a cheap copy of megatrends 2000 book by john naisbitt. I decided to reread it now because i was interested in examining how accurate the forecasts turned out, and. In 1982 john naisbitt, seeing significant changes and transitions forthcoming on the american landscape, details our shift from a manufacturing behemoth to one providingservices and digital information to the world. Having retired from the navy in 1982 when the book was written book helped me fashion my second career in finance and technology. Ten new directions transforming our lives was published in 1982. In the aquarian conspiracy was reissued, featuring a new introduction by another of her allies, futuristauthor john naisbitt megatrends. Ten new directions for the 1990s 9780688072247 by naisbitt, john.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. This followup to megatrends is a social forecast for the 1990s, identifying and describing trends already in evidence, as well as their. Ten new directions for the 1990s has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. John naisbitt, the wellknown social forecaster, speaker, and author, puts the transitions discussed in the preceding article. Ten new directions for the 1990s john naisbitt, patricia aburdene isbn. Januar 1929 in salt lake city, utah ist ein us amerikanischer autor mit. Whether naisbitt and aburdene will ever get critics to take megatrends 2000 seriously is unclear. An invaluable guide to a rapidly changing world nearly two decades have passed since thepublication of the groundbreaking national bestsellermegatrendsand a. Several years later i left a good corporate position to start my own company inspired by our oneonone meeting and forecasts set forth in his earlier book. Publication date 1991 topics social indicators, social prediction.
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