Far from the blinking crowd
Patrick Marren
(Strategic consultant with the Futures Strategy Group. Clients he has worked for have included the US Coast Guard, NASA, the FAA, the Panama Canal Commission, various aspects of the US military, and numerous Fortune 500 companies. He lives in Crystal Lake, IL (marrenp@aol.com).)
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Abstract
Purpose
To provide the author's opinions about key issues in strategy and the future to the readership, in a humorous way.
Design/methodology/approach
Opinion column.
Findings
Review of three recent books relevant to critical business issues
Research limitations/implications
Speculative, and based not on rigorous research but on the author's experience of planning engagements across a wide variety of private and public enterprises.
Practical implications
Alerts readers to three good books.
Originality/value
Expresses opinions that the author believes have not been expressed in quite this way before.
Keywords
Citation
Marren, P. (2006), "Far from the blinking crowd", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/02756660610640128
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited