TY - BOOK AU - Laudicina,Paul A. TI - Beating the global odds : successful decision-making in a confused and troubled world: successful decision-making in a confused and troubled world SN - 9781118347119 (cloth) AV - HD 30.28 L371b 2012 U1 - 658.403 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Planificación estratégica KW - Cambio organizacional KW - Strategic planning KW - Organizational change KW - Decision making KW - Toma de decisiones KW - Change (Psychology) KW - Cambio (Psicología) KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Difusión de innovaciones N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword xi Introduction Seizing the Future Is (Fortunately) Not a Game of Chance 1 Chapter 1 Global Brain Freeze 13Nonstop Overstimulation Brings Disorientation Chapter 2 Fast and Fickle 27The Ever-Shorter Half-Life of Everything Chapter 3 Rudderless World 45Angry Populism, Incapacitated Government, and Stray Capitalism Chapter 4 Lighten the Load and Make It Sesame Street Simple 73Chapter 5 Repair Your Social Fabric 87Why Relationships Always Trump Transactions Chapter 6 Don’t Wait for the Next Big Thing 101 Chapter 7 Open the Aperture 125Widen Your Lens, But Do So with Discernment Chapter 8 Turning Pixels into a Clearer Picture 147Applying Scenario Thinking to Make a Better Future Possible Epilogue: The Next Chapter 177 Afterword 181 Selected Bibliography 187 Acknowledgments 191 About the Author 195 Index 197 N2 - The Answer to Global Overload Contending with the 24/7 news cycle and an endless barrage of choices and information has stymied leadership and decision-making strategies among those at the top. But we all know, this is not a just a problem for the elite. The broad-based reaction to this chaotic, unmanageable assault has been to retrench, and to focus on immediate, controllable decisions. In the process ER -