Introduction to the paperback edition: The strategic conversation : broadening the long view -- The pathfinder's tale -- The Smith & Hawken story : the process of scenario-building -- The scenario-building animal -- Uncovering the decision -- Information-hunting and -gathering -- Creating scenario building blocks -- Anatomy of a new driving force : the global teenager -- Composing a plot -- The world in 2005 : three scenarios -- Rehearsing the future -- Epilogue : to my newborn son -- Afterword: The value of a strategic conversation -- User's guide : how to hold a strategic conversation -- Appendix: Steps to developing scenarios.