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- Title
- The Shift Age
- Author
- Houle, David
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Pub
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1419681788
- ISBN 13
- 9781419681783
transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. Originally published in 2007, David Houle
identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that already have reshaped and will continue to reshape our world for the next
20 years. He comments from the front lines of the Shift Age on issues and topics that affect our lives. We have entered the final,
global stage of humanity's cultural, social and economic evolutionary journey: The Shift Age
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Review
-Dr. Feng Hsu, Senior NASA Engineer, Head of Technical & Technology Risk Assessment and Management at NASA GSFC
"At last a book that explains where we're going and how we got there-written in plain English and designed for short-attention-span readers. Houle writes for all of us who buy more books than we read. After reading just a few of these commentaries, even we luddites can predict what's about to happen and understand the transformations that are now upon us."
-Bob Sirott, NBC5 Chicago News Anchor and WGN Radio Host
"Capturing the dynamics, distress, and decisions we all face, The "Shift Age" is the travel guide for the future."
-Tom Hudson, Managing Editor, First Business TV
"The "Shift Age" is an invaluable compass for aligning the work of complex organizations with the rapidly changing needs and expectations of each organization's stakeholders. Author and futurist David Houle has a knack for 'seeing around corners' in a way that both informs long-term strategic planning and provides a context for day-to-day decision-making. Never has that talent been more essential than it is now. Long before I met David, The "Shift Age" became mandatory reading for executive staff at Winthrop University, and it continues to be a vital orientation resource for new trustees as well."
- Dr. Anthony J. DiGiorgio, President, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C.
"An enlightening view of the muck and miracle of it all. I highly recommend this eye-opening book."
-Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., Author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway and Embracing Uncertainty
"David Houle's "Shift Age" offers an outstanding proposition: the Information Age is ending with the emergence of an age of constant change. Read this book!"
- Reese Schonfeld, Co-founder of CNN, CNN Headline News, and Food Network
"A must-read for anyone who is interested in where humanity is headed in coming generations. This book provides an overview of how our progeny will live, work, and play in coming decades. If you want to learn more about what the future of our daily lives portends, read The "Shift Age"."
-Bob Citron, Co-founder and Executive Director, Foundation for the Future
"Celebrated futurist David Houle is the perfect guide to show us the next great period of human development. Houle introduces us to The "Shift Age", the post-Information Age world of global connectedness and individual freedom. To paraphrase another noted futurist, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride."
-Charles Memminger, Columnist for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Author of Hey Waiter, There's an Umbrella in My Drink!
"The "Shift Age" is a treasure for those of us who decide what to do on the basis of compelling visions of the future."
-Leo J. Shapiro, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Leo J. Shapiro & Associates
"Fills a useful niche between the technical emphasis of Kurzweil and the societal aspects of Toffler."
--Dennis Bushnell, Scientist
"The "Shift Age" is a well-written and pivotal book by a sharp-eyed futurist with a gift for being ahead of the curve."
-Richard Noyes, former Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Engineering Study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The "Shift Age" lifts us out of the rapids of techno-change and helps us see the course of the river we've been rafting in."
-Howard Bloom, Author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century
"Every aspect of our lives is being impacted by the rapid and radical acceleration of technological change. David Houle's important book The "Shift Age" is a fascinating navigational tool that will help guide you as you speed into a future that even our imaginations cannot adequately prepare us to steer through."
-Jack Myers, Editor and Publisher of www.JackMyers.com
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