If you've ever thought that you should spend less time reacting to events and more time anticipating changes that lurk just around the corner, then here's a book that gives you the ideas and vision you need to be a future-focused leader. Drawing from demographic trends and timeless wisdom, author Gary Marx outfits you with a living strategy that includes: (1) 16 trends that will profoundly affect education; (2) 8 ways to scan your environment and stay in touch with the world around you; (3) A plan for setting priorities based on probabilities; (4) A 4-step issue management process; (5) Steps to developing plausible scenarios for guiding strategic planning; and (6) 16 activities that make up an effective, future-focused communications system.