Next Now: Trends for the Future

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		Next Now: Trends for the Future
		Next Now: Trends for the Future

基本信息·出版社：Palgrave Macmillan
·页码：320 页
·出版日期：2007年11月
·ISBN：0230600018
·条形码：9780230600010
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：下一步: 未来趋势

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From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metrosexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and business experience in locations across the globe, Next Now yields surprising conclusions about everything from work (the end of permanent full-time employment) to sex (disappearing gender boundaries) to business (the emergence of true one-to-one marketing and the birth of Chindia). Essential reading for managers, marketers, and just about everyone else.
作者简介 Marian Salzman is one of the world's leading trendspotters. She is executive vice-president of advertising giant JWT. Ira Matathia has spent 25 years managing and creating change in some of the world's top marketing communication enterprises. He is a partner in NoFormula, a strategic brand consultancy based in New York and London. Marian and Ira have co-authored the books Next: Trends for the Near Future, Buzz: Harness the Power of Influence and Create Demand, and The Future of Men.
编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly
Few books, other than almanacs, have the breadth of coverage of this attempt at trend forecasting by ad exec Salzman and marketing consultant Matathia (coauthors of Next). Here's what they have to say about homosexuality and religion: "Religious communities are being torn apart by the battle over gay rights and civil unions. A number of the world's 37 Anglican primates are refusing to take communion with the American primate Frank Griswold because he ordained a gay bishop." That's it for homosexuality; the next factoid is that the religion sector was worth $6.8 billion in 2003. Three pages later, religion is over and the topic is politics. Despite the subtitle, the book focuses on the recent past rather than the future. Most citations are from popular news sources, lobbying groups or market research surveys up to three years old. The authors also draw on movies, Web sites, television shows and commercials for examples of trends in such areas as the workplace, business and sex. Fortunately, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Out of a collection of random, dated accounts of questionable reliability, the book manages to convey the mood swings of popular culture, though it doesn't muster the depth or rigor to tell you where things are going. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review
"'Salzman and Matathia offer a dizzying snapshot of what our world might look like in the next five to ten years.'- Publishers Weekly 'In Next. Now, Salzman and Matathia have written the 21st-century playbook for marketers. Every page holds the promise of tomorrow's next big business idea, as well as the suggested practice for activating key insights today.' - Laurie Coots, Chief Marketing Officer, TBWA\Worldwide 'The trend-spotting authors who popularized the term 'metrosexual' have decided that the two-year-old phenomenon is, well, so two years ago. The new ideal is the 'ubersexual' reading Esquire or Sports Illustrated, shopping less but more discriminatingly, and favoring men over women as their closest friends.' - The New York Times 'Written with great elan and hyperbolic vigor, the book features a liberal dose of media and pop-cultural references....Targeted at readers looking to connect with the elusive male consumer, the book should stimulate more than its share of water cooler conversations and trend-forecasting magazine articles.' - Publishers Weekly 'Anyone looking to transform their business will find not only an entertaining read here, but loads of practical advice.' - Faith Popcorn, author of EVEolution and the upcoming In Culture"

Review
"Well-organized and readable. . . . Salzman and Matathia keep the catchphrases and ad-speak to a minimum, choosing to concentrate on laying out their vision for the future in a simple, entertaining style."--Calgary Herald "When Marian Salzman and Ira Matathia speak, the world listens . . . the acknowledged trendspotters are back, flagging all sorts of upcoming cultural developments . . ."--Ottawa Citizen "In Next Now, Salzman and Matathia have written the 21st-century  playbook for marketers. Every page holds the promise of tomorrow's next big business idea, as well as the suggested practices for activating  key insights today."--Laurie Coots, Chief Marketing Officer, TBWA\Worldwide "Marian and Ira bring a rare rigor and a bracingly fresh eye to their exploration of the 'near future.' They excavate vibrant insights from trends bubbling up all over the world and weave together an instructive worldview that connects the intensely personal with the urgently universal. I guarantee you will look at the world differently after you read Next Now."--Polly LaBarre, co-author, Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win "The trouble with most futurologists is that they tell you the future will consist of incessant, unimaginable change--and then go on to describe it, in detail, with unjustified confidence. Marian Salzman and Ira Matathia smartly avoid that trap. Their 'future' ends in four or five years, which allows them to go close and look hard. This is an eye-opening, scary, thrilling book."--Jesse Kornbluth, Editor, HeadButler.com  Praise for the original Next:"Salzman and Matathia offer a dizzying snapshot of what our world might look like in the next five to ten years."--Publishers Weekly

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From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metrosexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new, enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and business experience in locations across the globe, this book yields surprising conclusions about everything from work (the end of permanent full-time employment) to sex (disappearing gender boundaries) to business (the emergence of true one-to-one marketing and the birth of "Chindia"). Essential reading for managers, marketers, and just about everyone else.

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