When Richard Milhous Nixon was sworn in as the thirtyseventh president of the United States on January 20, 1969, author Frank Becker couldn’t have anticipated or fully appreciated the impact that election would have on his teenage years. Becker was thirteen years old at the time, and when Nixon resigned as president August 9, 1974, Becker was eighteen. His father was a law partner to Richard Nixon and John Mitchell in the firm of Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander, and Mitchell. In The...

In today's world, decision makers struggle to make good long-term decisions. There is simply too much volatility, too much complexity, too much fake news, and too little time to make sense of all the information that is at our fingertips. We are drowning in data, surrounded by uncertainty and thus live in a world that lacks clarity.Moving away from the static thinking of many strategists, this book updates and upholds the importance of scenario design and thinking in the face of un...