Future Perfect

by Stan Davis

Hailed as the "Book of the Decade" by bestselling author Tom Peters, Future Perfect explores the innovative business and organizational possibilities existing within the New Economy. Offering concrete models and bold examples, Davis shows how an organization can learn to manage in the future tense as a way to ensure success in the coming decades. "Packed with powerful ideas. I enjoyed it immensely."--John Sculley, Apple Computer.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

243 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1987

About the author

Stan Davis is a highly respected commentator on business in the future. He is the author of twelve other books, including the best- sellers Blur, 2020 Vision, and Future Perfect, as well as It’s Alive! and The Monster Under the Bed. His creative thinking makes practical connections to new business opportunities, and his restive mind has led him into and out of many fields. With a doctorate in the social sciences and an honorary doctorate in the humanities, Stan spent twenty years as an academic, mainly on the faculty of the Harvard Business School. For the past two decades he has been active in re- search, writing, consulting, public speaking, seminars, training, and video. He is a Publications Board Advisor at the New England Jour- nal of Medicine. Stan was a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Ballet for sixteen years and of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Center for six years, and he has served on the Board of Directors of Opera America, the trade association of 197 opera companies, for the past six years.

Reviews

[David Dalka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic book.

[Eliot · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many great ideas. A little dated now.