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Praise for The Exponential Era"The Exponential Era turns strategic planning from a stagnant limited application exercise to an active thoughtful process that can yield benefits for all companies and executives. Every company leader can find a gem in the Exponential Era to apply to their business big or small."--Michael Splinter, Chairman of the Board, NASDAQ and Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Materials"I count this among the very best business books I have read. The authors have managed to synthesize a vast array of thinking and methodologies and deployed them in a practical and easily understood planning process (SPX) that addresses today's exponential pace of change."--James B. Stake, former Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services, 3M Company and Chairman, Ativa Medical Corporation"The Exponential Era is an essential read for our times."--John Puckett, Owner of Punch Pizza and Co-founder of Caribou Coffee"The Exponential Era does a great job of not only describing exponential technologies, but how they likely converge to transform our world."--Frank Diana, Managing Partner, Futurist, TATA Consultancy Services"The Exponential Era is a must-read for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and virtually anyone navigating our highly complex and rapidly changing world."--General (Ret. 4 Star) Joseph L. Votel, President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS xvACKNOWLEDGMENTS xviiFOREWORD xixIntroduction 1SECTION ONE 15CHAPTER 1 The New Context for Our Future 17CHAPTER 2 Exponential Platforms: Convergences and Megatrends 27CHAPTER 3 Animals of the Exponential Kingdom 49SECTION TWO 65CHAPTER 4 Introducing SPX: Strategic Planning for the Exponential Era 67CHAPTER 5 Detecting Early Signals 79CHAPTER 6 Learning from Experiments 95CHAPTER 7 Capabilities: The Essential Fuel to Ride the Exponential Curve 107CHAPTER 8 Feedback-Based Strategic Decisions 125CHAPTER 9 Leading a Culture of Change 137SECTION THREE 151CHAPTER 10 The Exponential Human: Social and Ethical Challenges in a Chaotic World 153A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE USE OF THE TERM EXPONENTIAL 165NOTES AND REFERENCES 167INDEX 175
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DAVID ESPINDOLA is a Partner at Intercepting Horizons and an Advisory Board member of the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota. As a former Chief Information Officer and consulting leader, he has developed global technology strategies and successfully implemented business transformation programs.
MICHAEL W. WRIGHT is a Founding Partner of Intercepting Horizons and the author of the acclaimed New Business Normal, a former C-suite global high-tech executive at scale and an active board member. He is a University of Minnesota Sr. Fellow, Chairman Emeritus of the Advisory Board for the UMN Technological Leadership Institute, and formerly an adjunct professor at Carlson School of Management where he taught strategic leadership.
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Praise for The Exponential Era
"The Exponential Era turns strategic planning from a stagnant limited application exercise to an active thoughtful process that can yield benefits for all companies and executives. Every company leader can find a gem in the Exponential Era to apply to their business big or small."
--Michael Splinter, Chairman of the Board, NASDAQ and Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Materials
"I count this among the very best business books I have read. The authors have managed to synthesize a vast array of thinking and methodologies and deployed them in a practical and easily understood planning process (SPX) that addresses today's exponential pace of change."
--James B. Stake, former Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services, 3M Company and Chairman, Ativa Medical Corporation
"The Exponential Era is an essential read for our times."
--John Puckett, Owner of Punch Pizza and Co-founder of Caribou Coffee
"The Exponential Era does a great job of not only describing exponential technologies, but how they likely converge to transform our world."
--Frank Diana, Managing Partner, Futurist, TATA Consultancy Services
"The Exponential Era is a must-read for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and virtually anyone navigating our highly complex and rapidly changing world."
--General (Ret. 4 Star) Joseph L. Votel, President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
