Britain's leading guru looks to the future Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought His books on management
- including Understanding Organizations & Gods of Management
- have changed the way we view business His work on broader issues & trends
- such as Beyond Certainty
- has changed the way we view society In The Second Curve Handy builds on a life's work to glimpse into the future & see what challenges & opportunities lie ahead He looks at current trends in capitalism & asks whether it is a sustainable system He explores the dangers of a society built on credit He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential He even asks whether we should rethink our roles in life
- as students parents workers & voters
- & what the aims of an ideal society of the future should be Provocative & thoughtful as ever he sets out the questions we all need to ask ourselves
- & points us in the direction of some of the answers