TY - BOOK AU - Laermer,Richard TI - 2011: trendspotting for the next decade SN - 0071497277 AV - CB161 .L33 2008 U1 - 303.49090512 22 PY - 2008///] CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Social prediction KW - Technological forecasting KW - Twenty-first century KW - Forecasts N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Richard Laermer reveals the most functional forecasting secrets of professional trendspotters. Divided into nine categories, with more than 72 "short-short" chapters and dozens of outrageous sidebars, this book shows you the ways to: read the signs; influence the trends; embrace new and reject stodgy; anticipate change; ask experts the right questions; seek out visionaries and snub fakers; separate the trends from fads; use technology - for everything; and cash in on being ahead of the competition."--Jacket UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2008008333-b.html ER -