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How Market Leaders from Disney to Nike Successfully Target Human Emotionsand How Other Companies Can Join ThemThe Dream Societyreveals the future of business afterthe Information Age, a future in which the storybehindthe product will provide the competitive edge. It provides insights into the six major markets that target our basic emotional needs, and discusses how organizations from Disney and Nike to Rolex are supplying information to help consumers satisfy those needs. Thought-provoking and timely, it details the ways in which today's dream society trades on the exciting world of human potential and dreamsand what organizations must do to keep from being left behind.Praise forThe Dream Society:"A riveting essay on the demands for goods and services ... Well presented and organized, this is highly recommended for academic and corporate libraries." Library Journal"The Dream Societyis a fresh new way to look at the future and at how businesses need to transform themselves in order to prosper in the 21 st century." Arnold Brown, Noted futurist, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc."Stories have always been the key motivation in making a purchase, fixing a deal, and raising one's level of effectiveness in the world. In the future, leaders will have to become storytellers first and managers second. Rolf Jensen is pointing the way to the future." Harriet Rubin, Author,The Princessa: Machiavelli for WomenJensen, Rolf is the author of 'Dream Society How the Coming Shift from Information to Imagination Will Transform Your Business' with ISBN 9780071379687 and ISBN 0071379681.
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