Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Technology Will Transform Business in the 21st Century.

Ted Leonsis, President, America Online Interactive Properties Group
Insightful and on the mark. A must-read for any cyber entrepreneur.


Rudy Burger CEO MIT's Media Lab - Europe
Technofutures is the essential guide to the future of business. It is bold and provocative, yet realsitic.


Dr. Teruaki Aoki, President and COO, Sony Electronics, Inc.
Dr. Canton has given us an engaging, entertaining, yet thought-provoking glimpse of the future.


Dr. Nino Vidovic, Vice President, AT&T Labs
This marvelous and realistic insight into the future makes reevaluate everything in the future society . . . a brilliant futurist.


Book Description
Technofutures provides a visionary and bold forecast of how leading-edge technology will transform business and society in the 21st century. This book is a blueprint for carving out competitive advantage. If you want an informative, entertaining and easy-to-access briefing of what innovations will shape the future then Technofutures is for you. Find out what the future holds for customers, lifestyles, and markets. Discover what the future of health care, financial services, entertainment, computers, nanotechnology and education will be. Hold on to your seat as Dr. Canton, who CNN calls the Future Guru forecasts the top trends you must know about now to thrive in the 21st century.


From the Publisher
Technofutures is a unique book is the essential guide to the future of innovation. Every page reads holds the reader's attention as futuristic scenarios of the future become realistic and understandable.


From the Author
Take a ride on my time machine and you will get a glimpse at the key innovations that will shape the future. This book was designed to empower the reader, in a non-technical way with an understanding of how emerging technology will transform our world. There are two ways to read the book: Cover to cover or pick it up and open it anywhere and read the Future Scenrios about how people's lives will change in the 21st century . Read about your own future possibilites. I hope you enjoy it.


About the Author
Dr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, author, and sought-after business advisor. For the past twenty-five years, he has been insightfully forecasting trends – and their implications - in the fields of technology, healthcare, the life sciences and consumer behavior. In his position as Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Institute for Global Futures, a San Francisco-based think tank and global consultancy, Dr. Canton has counseled corporations and governments worldwide. He also serves as an advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology, is on the advisory board of MIT Media Lab, Europe and additionally advises the National Science Foundation where he has co-authored Social Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Convergent Technologies: Enhancing Human Performance in the 21st Century. A highly sought-after public speaker, Dr. Canton has spoken to thousands of organizations on five continents. He receives consistent praise for his unique ability to blend fascinating previews of breakthroughs in science and business with world-class presentation showmanship. Successful Meetings Magazine recently named him as one of the top presenters in the nation. A frequent guest on radio and television shows nationwide, he has served as a commentator on CNN, Financial News, where his thoughtful coverage and creative ideas have earned him the nickname, "the Digital Guru." Media coverage about Dr. Canton’s innovative vision of the future have appeared in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Report, The New York Times, US News and World Report, CEO, CIO and CFO Magazines. Dr. Canton is the author of Technofutures, a book acclaimed as a blueprint for how innovation will shape the future of business in the 21st century. His new book is entitled Power Play - What Every Business Needs to do Now in Order to Dominate the Future (Forthcoming).


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Technofutures is about the rapidly shifting leading-edge technologies that are reshaping our world. It is meant to be a guide to both navigating the future and understanding the ways in which these strategic innovations are changing the rules of business, careers, and society as a whole. Powerful technological forces that we do not as yet fully comprehend are radically shaping our tomorrows. This book offers an explanation of these advances while providing suggestions on how you can enhance the productivity and quality of your life.


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