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The Signals Are Talking - by Amy Webb (Paperback)

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  • A Fast Company Best Book of the Year An expert in trend forecasting shows how to anticipate what's next and prepare your business, your market, and your products for the future "Amy Webb, with insight and a big dose of pragmatism, shows how to clearly see the next big disruption and then take action before it strikes.
  • About the Author: Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist and a professor of strategic foresight at the NYU Stern School of Business.
  • 336 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Forecasting

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About the Book



"Forecast and take action on tomorrow's trends, today"--Cover.



Book Synopsis



A Fast Company Best Book of the Year

An expert in trend forecasting shows how to anticipate what's next and prepare your business, your market, and your products for the future

"Amy Webb, with insight and a big dose of pragmatism, shows how to clearly see the next big disruption and then take action before it strikes." ―Ram Charan, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Execution

How do you tell a real trend from the merely trendy? How, for example, will a technology--like artificial intelligence, machine learning, self-driving cars, biohacking, bots, and the Internet of Things--affect us, our businesses, and workplaces? How will it eventually change the way we live, work, play, and think--and how should we prepare for it now?

In The Signals Are Talking, noted futurist Amy Webb shows us how to analyze the "true signals"--those patterns that will coalesce into a trend with the potential to change everything--and land on the right side of disruption. The future, Webb shows, isn't something that happens to us passively. Using a proven, tested methodology, she enables us to see ahead and forecast what's to come--challenging us to create our own preferred futures.



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"Amy Webb, with insight and a big dose of pragmatism, shows how to clearly see the next big disruption and then take action before it strikes." --Ram Charan, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Execution

A Fast Company Best Book of the Year

A Washington Post Bestseller

Winner of an Axiom Business Book Award in Business Technology

"[The Signals Are Talking] provides several brain-bending future possibilities... Webb's stellar reputation in this red-hot field should generate demand." --Booklist

"Forecasting the future is a challenging-and absolutely necessary-part of every leader's job. In this ambitious and timely book, Amy Webb shows not only how to identify actual trends and surprises emerging from the fringes but-even more important-how to do something about them so you can thrive in the face of the unexpected." --Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist

"Technology promises to continue its disruptive march through our societies and economies. What will cabbies do when cars are self-driving, and what will warehouse workers do when robots can pick, pack, and ship without lunch breaks and health care benefits? Forget NAFTA; the shift is toward Silicon Valley. But where to start? The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream is a good place. Sitting somewhere between Nate Silver and The Tipping Point, Amy Webb's book provides a practical guide for leaders--at any level--in the age of Big Data, offering tools for picking out the 'true signal, a pattern that will coalesce into a trend with the potential to change everything'--and land on the right side of disruption." --Jon Foro, The Amazon Book Review (An Amazon Best Book of the Year)

"The best leaders will know how to listen for the future. Amy Webb's book tells you the signals to listen for-as well as the noise you should ignore. The signals are talking and leaders should listen." --Bob Johansen, author of Leaders Make the Future

"The clear, insightful, and humorous Amy Webb has crafted a rare treasure: a substantive guide written in a narrative that's a delight to read. While most futurologists want guru status through a few Nostradamus-like visions that never materialize, Webb modestly reports with depth and discipline, and creates a system and tools we can all use to better navigate the future. Through her deep research, specific anecdotes, and brilliant insights, she has performed the selfless but hugely valuable act of teaching us all to fish at the fringe." --Christopher J. Graves, chairman, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

"The renowned futurist Amy Webb zeroes in--with clarity, specificity and verve--on the indispensable skill for people in every industry: how to recognize and interpret the clues that reveal the next big thing." --Vivian Schiller, former president and CEO, National Public Radio

"Webb teaches us to listen... [She] combines well-researched, reader-friendly insights on Google, drones and artificial intelligence with a system of questions you can bring to your next strategy meeting." --Chicago Tribune

"Will undoubtedly help leaders contemplate what lies ahead. Webb provides a logical way to sift through today's onslaught of events and information to spot coming changes in your corner of the world." --Kirkus Reviews



About the Author



Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist and a professor of strategic foresight at the NYU Stern School of Business. She was named to the Thinkers50 Radar list of the thirty management thinkers most likely to shape the future of organizations and won the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar Award for The Signals Are Talking. She is founder of the Future Today Institute, which publishes the annual FTI Trend Report.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Forecasting
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback
Author: Amy Webb
Language: English
Street Date: March 6, 2018
TCIN: 1004094606
UPC: 9781541788237
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-6873
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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