Download or read book The Art of the Long View (Summary) written by Peter Schwartz and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: getAbstract Summary: Get the key points from this book in less than 10 minutes.Peter Schwartz evidences charming honesty and humility about his experiences building scenarios. He learned from his failures, so he includes them, as well as his rather impressive successes. Schwartz emphasizes that scenario planning is not the same thing as predicting the future and that complete accuracy is not the goal. Yet, it is still striking how accurately his 1991 scenarios played out. He may have missed a few specific events and trends but, if you'd based your actions on his scenarios, you would have been well-equipped for the last two decades. His very useful principles of scenario planning and multisource information gathering have not changed since he delineated them. The result is a classic. getAbstract recommends this book to entrepreneurs, organizational decision makers and anyone interested in strategic planning, futurism or change.Book Publisher:Copyright 1991 by Peter SchwartzPublished by arrangement with Currency Books/Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.www.randomhouse.com