Uncharted

How can we think about the future? What do we need to do - and who do we need to be? In her bold and invigorating new book, distinguished businesswoman and author Margaret Heffernan explores the people and organizations that aren't daunted by uncertainty. We 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. Tomorrow remains uncharted territory, but Heffernan demonstrates how we can forge ahead without fear.

Drawing on a wide array of people and places, Uncharted 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 the future by exploring multiple perspectives and testing fresh ideas. Ranging freely through history and from business to science, government to friendship, 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.