What do designers scientists entrepreneurs and politicians have in common? They want to
achieve defined goals. The common denominator is the future. But how can you make the future -
that which does not yet exist - tangible? In this book over 40 experts from politics
research and business address the question of "futurecasting". It includes texts by Alex
McDowell the award-winning creative director who successfully stages Steven Spielberg's future
films Angela Wilkinson who reports on her work as Secretary General of the World Energy
Council and last but not least David Kirby who writes about the useful collaboration
between industry and science fiction. A reader by and for all those who want to shape the
future.
