{"product_id":"book-ds6y","title":"Uncharted","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Excellent (and very timely).” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times *\u003c\/i\u003e “Smartly assembled case studies and insights.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e * A \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormer CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan offers powerful and practical tools so you can face the future with confidence and courage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of us are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the complexity of modern life won’t provide that; experts in forecasting are reluctant to look more than 400 days out. History doesn’t repeat itself and even genetics won’t tell you everything you want to know. Tomorrow remains uncharted territory, but Margaret Heffernan demonstrates how we can push aside uncertainty and forge ahead with agility.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wide array of people and places, \u003ci\u003eUncharted\u003c\/i\u003e traces long-term projects that shrewdly evolved over generations to meet the unpredictable challenges of every new age. Heffernan also looks at radical exercises and experiments that redefined standard practices by embracing different perspectives and testing fresh approaches. Preparing to confront a variable future provides the antidote to passivity and prediction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRanging freely through history and from business to science, government to friendships, this refreshing book challenges us to mine our own creativity and humanity for the capacity to create the futures we want and can believe in.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346989457712,"sku":"BDds6y","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49346989490480,"sku":"10ds6y","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ds6y-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773692802","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ds6y","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}