The following is a highlighted summary of the book‚ Competing for the Future‚ published by Harvard Business School Publishing. The statements below are key points of the book as determined by James Altfeld and have been made available at no charge to the user. Competing for the Future By Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad Look around your company. Look at the high profile initiatives that have been launched recently. Look at the issues that are preoccupying senior management. Look at the criteria
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* Design for the Future * In order to plan for the future we must first survey and inventory all of our available planetary resources. This information must be compiled so that we know the parameters for humanizing social and technological development. * This can be accomplished using computers to assist in defining the most humane and appropriate way to manage the environment and human affairs. * Existing technologies far exceed the human capacity for arriving at equitable and
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The Future of an Illusion Sigmund Freud ’s The Future of An Illusion proposes an idealistic form of human culture‚ one in which human relations are reorganized so that coercion and suppression of instincts are abandoned. The pivotal factor in this reorganization‚ he believes‚ is the universal abdication of religion. For the first portion of this response‚ the text itself will be broken down into chapter-by-chapter summaries. These summaries are written from the Freudian perspective and are
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Anatomy of the Future Andreas Vesalius August 1‚ 1539 After attending college at the University of Louvain‚ I moved to Padua to study for my doctorate. After being offered the chair of surgery and anatomy‚ I pursued my desire to research the anatomy. Although surgery and anatomy are considered of little importance in comparison to other branches of medicine‚ I believe that surgery must be grounded in anatomy. I have been given the opportunity to perform my research on the cadavers of executed
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What will I do for the rest of my life? Every person asks this question at some stage of their life. As a senior in high school‚ I ask myself this very question. After much thought‚ I have come up with a plan for my future. I realize that some of these plans and goals may change‚ but with a plan‚ the start of the journey can begin. To prepare me for the journey‚ I have taken very challenging high school classes‚ such as Honors and Advanced courses. These classes will not only assist in my admission
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such widespread and deep atrocity as Europe has experienced in two World Wars. That no continent brought forward such fiery atheism and no other continent produced such anti-Christian and also anti-human ideologies. Rich and still poor At the Hope for Europe congress last May I attended a meeting of GATE (Gift from Africa to Europa‚ African pastors working together to bring back the Gospel to Europe). They were speaking about the ‘poverty’ of Europe(!) ‘Europeans are very poor‚ they always
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Many believe the future is far brighter and more promising than ever imagined as a result of change over time. Although this stands true‚ there is no method enabling us to accurately predict the future in terms of greatness or prosperity. Even so‚ it is essential to realize how brilliant the earth has become. As a result of the passing of time‚ lives have improved thanks to technology and medicine‚ which have helped create a brighter world. For example‚ years ago‚ a person risked death by being
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from a man and with hope he will endure. Give a man the world and with shame he will crumble. Hope is the most imperative emotion humans possess; in the face of adversity‚ it is the endless well from which perseverance is drawn. In contrast‚ shame is destructive and insidious‚ interfering with all aspects of life. Perhaps‚ the best way to recognize the importance of hope is to imagine a world without it. If there was no hope for humanity‚ love‚ peace‚ recovery or the future‚ there would be a diminutive
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Future Plans Scholarship Essay "Did life exist on Mars?" "What would it take to build a spaceship that could travel at the speed of light?" "When will the moon be colonized?" These are just some of the questions that wander through my mind all day. Fascinated by the secrets of the universe‚ I yearn to uncover mysteries. In order to blast open all the closed gates between knowledge and myself‚ I need the powerful tools of education. After I graduate from high school‚ I plan
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“Imagine”: An Education that Fosters Hope (Original) Risa Sato (Age 16‚ Japan) International School of the Sacred Heart‚ Tokyo President Obama visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial last month‚ 71 years after the first atomic bomb detonated in Hiroshima. The visit replayed over and over on the news and‚ at least for me‚ it was a flag of hope that marks how far we have come in rebuilding after World War II. Growing up in Japan‚ I’ve listened to numerous accounts of the atomic bomb‚ each unimaginable
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