A clean motor car that emits only water vapour – it makes great PR, but the hydrogen to fuel it still has to be produced and distributed. Production requires a lot of energy…
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A clean motor car that emits only water vapour – it makes great PR, but the hydrogen to fuel it still has to be produced and distributed. Production requires a lot of energy, generated by ordinary power plants, and distribution requires a new infrastructure. Nuclear power may be a bête noir for some environmentalists, but others now see it as the only way to make the 21st century truly “green”.
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Jacques Richardson and Berol Robinson
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the USA can maintain a position of leadership in a world of growing competition and constraints.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the USA can maintain a position of leadership in a world of growing competition and constraints.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper points out elements of both strength and correctable weakness of the USA in the foreseeable future.
Findings
It was found that today's shortcomings are not overlooked, while the conditions of future national self‐expression and external rivalry are considered in a world becoming smaller and more closely interacting by the day.
Originality/value
The thrust of the essay is that of constructive self‐criticism, sorely needed at a moment of serious self‐doubt among the US population.
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The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how admonitions to apply forethought in planning and execution may trap, deceive or discourage even the most circumspect of experienced…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how admonitions to apply forethought in planning and execution may trap, deceive or discourage even the most circumspect of experienced managers and leaders.
Design/methodology/approach
A series of real‐life experiences are cited, in most of which foresight, evoked and encouraged by personalities of recognized authority, largely failed to hold its promise.
Findings
With determined intentions behind their conception, design and materialization, some processes and creations do not fulfil their promise because of human or other failing.
Research limitations/ implications
Space available is the limiting factor here for the presentation of case examples.
Practical implications
The instances cited are expressly concrete failures in applied foresight. Avoiding such pitfalls should be the best way of profiting from the instances used as illustrations.
Originality/value
Planners, strategists and designers should be able to take advantage of the illustrations used – especially in those cases when foresight goes completely wrong