Flash Foresight

How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible

By: Daniel Burrus, John David Mann

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Today we all face more impossible challenges than ever before. But flash foresight lets you transform the impossible into the possible, revealing hidden opportunities and allowing you to solve your biggest problems before they happen.

Daniel Burrus is one of the world's leading forecasters, corporate strategists, and visionaries. Over the past quarter century, he has established a reputation worldwide for his exceptional record of accurately predicting the future of technological change and its direct impact on the business world.

"Wouldn't it be amazing if you could predict the future - and be right?" writes Burrus. "You can: all you have to do is leave out the parts you could be wrong about! And the amazing thing is, when you know where to look, there's more than enough you can be right about to make all the difference."

From small businesses to multinationals, individual careers to entire industries, Flash Foresight looks at how Burrus's seven radical flash foresight "triggers" have transformed dozens of careers, fortunes, and lives. Both engaging and enlightening, Flash Foresight provides an easy-to-implement blueprint for applying the same strategies to your own business, enabling you to see the invisible and do the impossible.

In the past, flash foresight was useful. Today, as the pace of technological change accelerates almost beyond the point of comprehension, it's an imperative.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2011 Daniel Burrus (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

INVIGORATING

I loved it, and it was incredible. The most memorable moments were about Ethan and his friends.
The narrow was incredible. His voice brought the book alive!!

Very Interesting Concepts

This book really encompasses an entire way of thinking that is actionable. I'm not sure it will work every time or produce a "Eureka moment" for any of us, but it is very thought-provoking. Worth reading, for sure.

Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible

Very good book to make you think outside the box. Some really good ideas come from this book. If you think you are a forward thinker try this book.

Time Sensitive

Burrus and Mann set out to open the eyes of readers to how they might better see into and adapt to the future. They set out a set of seven principles in corresponding chapters to make their points. A beauty of the book is the writing and absolutely contemporary examples they provide. Though the examples will quickly become passé, the book will continue to be valuable. Essentially, they suggest that the basis for seeing into the future is to start with what is certain about the future. Verification of hard trends provides a framework to which statistical calculation of odds might be added. Subsequently, the authors reveal how we can leverage technology, skip over seemingly intractable problems, go in the opposite direction, leverage our unique strengths, and direct the future. I have been aware of these principles for some time, but Burrus and Mann give these approaches a new urgency and relevance. They provide a structure through which anyone can make better use of their talents, skills, and strengths. This book was an inspiration. The reading of William Dufris is just right for the text. Anyone can benefit from the work of Burrus and Mann.

Powerful Flash foresight

I had to listen to this book twice. It gave me so many ideas! I find myself at various times, while jogging, stopping, recording the idea it gave me before continuing the book.

If you are fascinated by technology, or want to know what the future holds technologically you need this book! This guy knows his stuff.

Forsesightful!

Excellently written and superbly delivered!

This book teaches the future of thinking in a highly entertaining & attention holding way. For those that implement these methods, the future is full of amazingly rewarding possibilities. Thanks Daniel Burrus.

If you don't read this one; you're missing a lot.

This is an amazing book! Its real 21st century book! at the end of every chapter, author gives you easy steps to put this "radical" ideas to work. Enjoy.

Every thing else you read before; "forget it". Its 21st century, don't change; "transform"!

Highly inspiring

Where does Flash Foresight rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The book thought me how to "look into the future" in order to tell what challenges are to arise.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Flash Foresight?

While reading the book, ideas constantly popped up that I could later work into my professional life.

Any additional comments?

A perfect book for managers, business owners and people who want to broaden their thinking.

Really good

This audiobook really seduced me and took away all my criticial thinking. It is definitely worth listening to.

Profound in its simplicity

What made the experience of listening to Flash Foresight the most enjoyable?

This book is a surprisingly good read. It lays out a solid methodology for identifying new business opportunities, which others have missed. It is simple and straight forward, but profound in its approach and clarity. While the author suffers from being somewhat of a "hype machine" in his other writings and website, this does not detract from the core of this book.

Is it a timeless classic? No. The examples used in the book will become dated quickly over the next few years. However, it is definitely worth a read for anyone seeking to find new and innovative opportunities. I would have expected this book to become popular with the start up gurus of Silicon Valley, but it appears to have found very limited traction there.