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§ The Institute for the Future studies trends
and publishes
a ten-year forecast.
§ Helps organizations plan their long-term
futures by
discussing near-term and long-term outlooks in numerous areas such as the United
States economy,
demographics of the United States, and more
§ Also, look for discontinuities, or shifts in
trends as
they create major changes in the way people think about the world
4.6 Create a Vision of the Future and Sell It: Scouting
the Future