Futurist and trendwatcher, Dr. James Canton, CEO of the Institute for Global Futures, (and student of futurist Alvin Toffler) has published a new book titled: ‘The extreme future: the top trends that will reshape the world for the next 5, 10 and 20 years’.

Publishers Weekly writes the following:

“[...] Taken individually, none of the trends Canton believes will shape the upcoming decades are surprising: major crises brought on by energy shortages and climate change; economic transformation wrought by globalization; and the “war on terror” has barely started. But he recognizes that the future is created by a “convergence” in which these developments interact. [...]“

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This underlines once again the added value of an integrative, scenario-based approach to future thinking, instead of reasoning purely in terms of the extrapolation of trends.

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