I've been writing about YOUR future, and askingWhat can you know about
YOUR future? What do you need
to know about your future? My new book, It's YOUR Future... Make it a Good One! shows you how to answer those questions and more!Futurists , businesses and governments around the world have been using
methods for decades that let them understand, explore and plan for the future. More important, they have learned how to influence
and change the future. Now those methods have been scaled down to be used by individuals, families, and small businesses.
The methods that large businesses have been using successfully for decades are now available to you.It's
YOUR Future... Make it a Good One! is a step-by-step guide to understanding your life and your
future. More important, this book will show you how to prepare for and achieve the future you want. The methods explained in this book are the same methods used by futurists and large organizations
around the world. Here, they are scaled down to fit the life of one individual or one family, starting with the stages
of life. Understanding those life stages can be like having a map to your future. Each
method and tool for understanding or exploring your future is explained in detail and used in examples to look
ahead into the long term (ten years or more) future. There is
also another way to use this book, and that is to specifically learn about the methods of foresight and futures studies
including scenario development, visioning and strategic planning. There are advantages to learning these methods on a personal
level, because these methods scale up, so readers can understand how these methods work and how they work together in any
size organization. An important benefit of this book is that in reading
the book and learning the methods of foresight, you will also be acquiring a long term perspective, a view of life
and the world that naturally includes the future. A long term perspective is a valuable personal attribute, one of the most
sought after attributes of leadership. You will learn how to create scenarios
about future events, how to interpret and understand the trends and forces that shape your life and change the world
around you. Read the first chapter (see next page), then order the book, either from this web site or at your favorite
on-line book store.
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| Verne Wheelwright, PhD. |
Since My Name is On this Web Site...
I will start with some introduction for those of you who don't know me and
an update for old friends who have happened upon this page. Since
1976, I have owned my own business, engaged in exporting various commodities to many parts of the world. In 1997, I went back
to school--first to study for an MBA, then a change of plans because I found what I had always needed in business; a way to
understand and anticipate the future. In 2000 I received an MS in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston Clear
Lake. . I was impressed with the success of the methods I
had learned, but felt they should be available to everyone, not just large organizations. With that in mind, I went on to
do research to make futurist's methods available to anyone who wanted to use them, preferably at very low or no cost. For
that research, I received a PhD. and since have been writing and speaking about Personal Futures in many parts of the world. . For those of
you who found this website and are wondering if this is the right Verne Wheelwright, I grew up in the Pacific Northwest; first
in Grangeville, Idaho, then in the Portland, Oregon area (Milwaukie and Tigard). I raised two boys, Peter (deceased) and Chris
(Police officer in Portland), then moved to Texas in 1985. . My interests in Personal Futuring and writing grew, and I eventually retired my
export business in 2008 to devote full time to writing, speaking, and conducting workshops about Personal Futures. Lots of
examples on this web site. Not all the writing has been about the future, as I have written and published a number of short
stories, which you will find on another page. . If you are looking specifically for information about Personal Futures, most of that information is at www.personalfutures.net.
Video Interview . In July, 2011, I attended the World
Future Society conference in Vancouver, BC. While there, I was interviewed by Dee McCrorey. The link to the short video on
YouTube is: http://youtu.be/0YKUkOR7y6g
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