Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

That was the future that wasn’t

That was the future that wasn’t Employs Charles Handy’s predictions from 1989, from his book ‘The Age of Unreason’. Further emphasizes these predictions with a highlighted panel listing the predictions for clarity. Claims that Handy had an optimistic dream of work shared out and more leisure time for all — his optimism, by the mid‐1980s, was tempered by a different reality. Depicts, also, Handy’s later book — ‘The Empty Raincoat’ — which reflected that his hopes in his ‘Unreason’ book had not been fulfilled but his fears, unfortunately, had. Identifies nine paradoxes at the heart of current society — each a sign of an imperfect world — and puts the meat on the bare bones of each. Urges an acceptance of change and to go with the flow to improve our, and others, future. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Antidote Emerald Publishing

That was the future that wasn’t

Kippenberger, T
The Antidote , Volume 5 (3): 2 – Jun 1, 2000
Download PDF
2 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/that-was-the-future-that-wasn-t-neJIYR6ac5
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1363-8483
DOI
10.1108/EUM0000000006768
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Employs Charles Handy’s predictions from 1989, from his book ‘The Age of Unreason’. Further emphasizes these predictions with a highlighted panel listing the predictions for clarity. Claims that Handy had an optimistic dream of work shared out and more leisure time for all — his optimism, by the mid‐1980s, was tempered by a different reality. Depicts, also, Handy’s later book — ‘The Empty Raincoat’ — which reflected that his hopes in his ‘Unreason’ book had not been fulfilled but his fears, unfortunately, had. Identifies nine paradoxes at the heart of current society — each a sign of an imperfect world — and puts the meat on the bare bones of each. Urges an acceptance of change and to go with the flow to improve our, and others, future.

Journal

The Antidote – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 2000

Keywords: Forecasting; Short‐term forecasting; Technological forecasting

There are no references for this article.