... to expose issues that still plague the modern world some decades after they were first written. Perhaps the link between the two books ought to be Don Michael's conclusion that “all who create and use thinking about the future do so on the bases of values and myths about what is real, valuable...

... to bear in mind the different scale, scope, and ambitions of different programmes. Simple static comparison of formal inputs and outputs will miss much of the value and value‐added of the activity. Practical implications A dynamic approach to evaluation stresses the learning of lessons about...

... in the workplace, all underpin this growing sense of insecurity and flux (Sercombe et al., 2002). Charting these forces reveals deep rifts between a set of values (mateship, a fair go, the welfare state, land as resource, the bush and the Aussie soul (Tacey, 1995, pp. 40‐41), etc.) that have been...

...William R. Rowley This article describes the development of scenarios to stimulate public dialog concerning healthcare values. Different values lead to different futures. America’s current healthcare system has serious difficulties and must be transformed, but the underlying problems...

.... Indeed, I would argue that wider support for the requirement to manage the workforce around X and Y issues is absent. For example, employers of choice are looking to win talent by tailoring employment policy to capture the dynamism of the modern era rather than discrete generational values. Significantly...

... experience. Two notions lay at the heart of the paper: the question of what people will value in their lives, and Maxwell’s notion of a philosophy of “wisdom”. The authors contrast this view with those seeking an epistemological basis for foresight, concluding that the latter does not have much to offer...