TY - JOUR AB - Do futurists really think differently? Does focusing on the future shape distinctive thought patterns and problem solving methodologies? Is there an inevitable futurist signature not unlike that of science fiction authors? If there is such a separate commodity as futurist thinking, are its benefits sufficiently generic and attractive enough to overcome the typical resistance to looking and thinking ahead? VL - 6 IS - 3 SN - 1463-6689 DO - 10.1108/14636680410547726 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680410547726 AU - Buchen Irving H. PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - Futures thinking and the steep learning curves of the twenty‐first century T2 - Foresight PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 121 EP - 127 Y2 - 2024/09/25 ER -