American business, economics, and society are changing at the speed of light. On the eve of the twenty-first century, the pressure is on, and managers need to learn faster, think smarter, and free themselves from confining assumptions and old mindsets. Bestselling author and business lecturer Jennifer James offers a dynamic new way of achieving these goals in Thinking in the Future Tense, explaining the skills necessary to break free from old mindsets, to leap abysses of change, and to exploit new business trends, products, and services.

"A Touchstone book."

Skill 1. Seeing with New Eyes -- Skill 2. Recognizing the Future -- Skill 3. Harnessing the Power of Myths and Symbols -- Skill 4. Speeding Up your Response Time -- Skill 5. Understanding the Past to Know the Future -- Skill 6. Doing More With More or Less -- Skill 7. Mastering New Forms of Intelligence -- Skill 8. Profiting from Diversity.