Personal Futures Network

09/22/2022

Here’s my new book cover… It’s Square!
I didn’t know that audio books had square covers until a month ago when I submitted “It’s Your
Future…Make it a Good One!” in audio format. The audio book will be about 6 hours of listening time
I’m waiting for ACX/Amazon to announce the price and availability,

09/08/2022

Just listened to an audio version of "It's Your Future...Make it a Good One!" The audio should be available on Amazon in the next few weeks. Why so long since I published it? I tried to do it myself and ran into too many challenges. Specifically all the tables and diagrams I built into the book. I've partnered with Mary Kell, who did the narration and I've created a Free ebook containing all the figures and tables. I'll post the ebook on www.personalfutures.net soon.

Introduces Foresight concepts, Personal Future, Small business Foresight and Verne Wheelwright.

12/09/2021

I've taken the past year off to recover from brain fog, probably brought on by a mild case of COVID 19. The fog is mostly clear now, and memory is much better. I STRONGLY recommend vaccination. You don't want to share this experience!!!

I invite you to visit my web site, Personalfutures.net or Vernewheelwright.com. see the "Free Downloads" page for free workbooks and articles about Personal Futures and Small Business Foresight. Also see the pages for my books, "It's YOUR Future...Make it a Good One!" and "Small Business Foresight." They make great gifts!!!

01/25/2021

Here's your chance to get a copy of my book,
Small Business Foresight, Free.
The eBook is now on Smashwords.com. Go there and sign in (or sign up) and enter this code:
NM75F
This offer is good through the end of January. Yes, you can share this code with anyone you choose.
I will appreciate your comments or suggestions about Small Business Foresight!!

11/30/2020

The paperback edition of Small Business Foresight is now available on Amazon! That gives you three choices: hardcover, paperback and eBook. I’m thinking about an audio book for next year.
I have had a request for autographed books. At this time, I can only offer signed books in the U.S. because of mailing costs. List prices (Hardcover $29.95, Paperback $19.95) and free delivery. Usually 3 days. If you are interested, send me an email ([email protected]) and I’ll send you a Paypal invoice.

10/05/2020

This week is devoted to a translation of "It's YOUR Future...Make It a Good One!" into Dutch. Silke den Hartog-de Wilde has done the translation and now we're fitting the manuscript into a paperback book format, organizing tables and adding translations to all the figures.
Translating a book is as big a project as writing a book. Many people have started, and a few have finished!

07/25/2020

Just received a review of "Small Business Foresight: The Future of Your Business". This is from "Readers Favorite" which conducts a contest for books and authors.

Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers’ Favorite

There is a lot of difference between big and small businesses. Small Business Foresight: The Future of Your Business by Verne Wheelwright speaks about the necessity of applying the methods and techniques used by large organizations effectively and differently in small businesses to make adaptable changes and succeed. The tools and strategies of foresight - scenario, visioning, and strategic planning - are useful and available to apply when compared to the scenario fifty years ago. The author shares a system of methods specifically for small businesses to use so that they can anticipate the future, choose a preferred path to the future, and achieve that future which has been chosen.

The simple step-by-step approach to the topic of how to prepare for the future makes this book an engaging read and encourages strategic thinking. Small Business Foresight gives good insights into the many ways to look into the future, how the future methods work, and the futuring process. Everyone is eager to know the future and this book is a handy guide for readers with small businesses and how the future can be influenced. The topic is covered in detail, making the methods discussed applicable. This book is all about the future of business and is a good tool for readers to understand a small business in terms of where it stands now, what the future is going to be, and how it can be developed to what they want it to be. Verne Wheelwright also emphasizes the importance of small scale forces that are important for small businesses. It is a good book to have on the bookshelf for reference.

07/20/2020

The "SMALL BUSINESS FORESIGHT eBook is now an sale for $5 (half price) at Smashwords.com until the end of July.

05/26/2020

For a real treat, go to Globalforesightsummit.com to see presentations by sixty-some futurists on a variety of subjects. The presentations were live over a weekend in April, and the recordings are now online. Each speaker had 30 minutes to present, then half an hour to answer questions. I was last! Very good speakers, very good topics. You will enjoy!!!

05/05/2020

Received a book review from US Review of Books:

Small Business Foresight: The Future of Your Business
by Verne Wheelwright, Ph.D.
Personal Futures Network

book review by Mihir Shah

"The point here is simply that the Futures Wheel is flexible, and you can use it to explore or think through nearly any situation."
Award-winning author of It’s YOUR Future...Make it a Good one!, Wheelwright delivers another gem that is both spectacular and necessary in its unpacking of the small business methods through which one can anticipate impactful global and local factors. At a time when infectious diseases are ravaging the globe, small businesses are one of the hardest-hit entities. This timely piece provides the tools and metrics to not only understand how to navigate through the various stages of business development but also to have enough foresight to anticipate any changing economic or technological trends that will almost certainly affect any small business.
This work includes numerous charts and trend lines to demonstrate the value of external forces. In particular, STEEP (social, technological, economical, ecological, political), SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, threats), and the Futures Wheel help create awareness for the future of small businesses regardless of where the owner is in the eight designated stages of development. In addition to the tools, the author provides his audience with the relatability factor by connecting his commentary to popular socio-cultural works such as Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point.
Coming from the experience and knowledge of a professional futurist, what this book provides beyond anything else is a diverging perspective from the sometimes singular-focused business owner who believes sheer competitive drive will be enough to succeed in all social and economic landscapes. While Wheelwright’s work is nothing short of a manual for small businesses to adjust to the ever-evolving trends, its comprehensive nature combined with its simplicity to understand complex business concepts like vulnerability analysis and contingency planning makes this ideal for everyone ranging from the layman who aspires to initiate a small business to someone who has been operating a solo business for many years.