Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies (Hardcover)

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Technology and the economy are changing fast today-so fast it's almost impossible to keep up with them. And businesses that don't keep up are in danger of being left far behind. Author Jack Uldrich shows that not only is technology growing today-it's growing exponentially. Advances in computers, bandwidth, nanotechnology, and other fields show explosive change that offers great opportunities, as well as great risks. To succeed, businesspeople need to become Exponential Executives, willing and able to recognize opportunities and take their businesses into a bold new world.

Jack Uldrich takes you on an amazing journey through eight emerging technologies transforming our world:

• Computers
• Data storage
• Bandwidth
• Software development
• Gene sequencing
• Robotics
• Nanotechnology
• The advance of knowledge itself

Using nontechnical language and examples drawn from around the globe, Uldrich portrays an emerging world of supercomputers, nanobots, and other fantastic devices. He also reveals fifty key strategies for managers and organizations to get ahead of these developments-by jumping the curve.

About the Author

Jack Uldrich is president of the NanoVeritas Group, a leading international consultancy on business and technology. Clients include leading venture-capital firms, state governments, and Fortune 100 companies. Uldrich's work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, BusinessWeek, The Futurist, and The Motley Fool. He is the author of Investing in Nanotechnology and The Next Big Thing Is Really Small. He lives in Minneapolis.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Platinum Press (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598694200
• ISBN-13: 978-1598694208
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #691,081 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Jump the Curve, January 10, 2008

By	John Rossman (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a brilliant book. The author gives many thought-provoking examples of how to anticipate and leverage exponentially changing technology in business and in life. It also examines previous advancements in a variety of fields and provides all of the tools necessary for anyone to innovate in literally any context. I especially enjoyed the discussion of how the greatest inventions draw on elements found in nature. Every groundbreaking concept in the book was supported by quotes or citations to great thinkers or books. Perhaps most importantly, the book is written in a way that is easy to understood and apply. This should be required reading for anyone looking to get ahead through (or stay ahead of) innovation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read this book., February 2, 2008

By	Brian J. Hanf (Crystal, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Once I started reading I could not put it down! The combination of explanation through story telling, research into future (and emerging) technologies, and sound business advice and strategies makes this a must read for anyone. I believe that the target audience might be the "business" person but with such a clear explanation of how nano-technology, robotics, RFID and other future technologies will bring exponential changes to every field, every high school student in America should read it. Jack Uldrich's 50 strategies for change management will help lead the business person down a path to manage your business with an eye toward jumping the curve.

I'd also encourage every educator in America to read this book because exponential advances in technology will not simply change what our students need to learn, it will also transform the tools and methods teachers will need in order to convey this new knowledge to there students.

As Uldrich points out, knowledge itself is growing exponentially. Therefore, if educators want their students to prosper in this era of accelerating change it is no longer enough that they just stay ahead of the curve, they must learn to jump the curve. This books shows them how.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worthy ideas on growing your company, exponentially., May 1, 2009

By	Kevin Custer "Arc Capital Development" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Jack looks at emerging technology and how managers and organizations can get ahead of the curve by "jumping" it. Uldrich exposes both the opportunities and pitfalls of focusing on incremental and linear growth. Rather than aiming to be the next management fad or trend, Uldrich's book is a good wake-up call for executives to focus on what is possible and how to help their companies and teams look at the future.

Uldrich shows how knowledge itself is growing exponentially, and looks especially at the need for transformation in our educational system to help prepare our workforce. Regardless of your specific industry, "Jump the Curve" is a valuable book that inspires readers to stop and think about how events today will change your company and industry
tomorrow.