title: High tech. High touch. John Naisbett's world view.
abstract: History will record that 20 years ago, a man named John Naisbett made a contribution which literally changed the world, with his book Megatrends. It changed the way that we think about the world. It changed the way that we think about ourselves. A distinguished scholar, John Naisbett has worked in many different settings, including at the White House under Lyndon B. Johnson. He spent many years at Harvard University, and is best known for introducing a quantitative analysis of the major trends affecting America. One of those, of course, was demographics. Another was the aging of the planet. Another was technology. He recently authored a new book, High Tech, High Touch. Home care has "high touch" down to a science: that's the kind of care for which home care is famous. It is also important, however, that we introduce technology. As technology changes and offers the ability to provide new and more efficient ways of providing care, we need to embrace that opportunity. History will record that 20 years ago, a man named John Naisbett made a contribution which literally changed the world, with his book Megatrends. It changed the way that we think about the world. It changed the way that we think about ourselves. He delivered the following speech at the 2001 National Association for Home Care Annual Meeting.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naisbett
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003469:Culture; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D012922:Social Change; D013672:Technology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States