Dr Luke van der Laan is the Director of Professional Studies at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia and member of the Australian Centre for Sustainable Business Development (ACSBD). With extensive board-level executive experience as a CEO, non-executive director and trustee, he describes himself as a pracademic integrating both practice and scholarly insights in his efforts to de-mystify the practice of strategy. His work in the areas of foresight, strategic thinking and leadership is internationally unique and honed by his interests in futures research. In addition to ongoing international research collaboration, he has presented seminars and keynote addresses throughout the Asia Pacific region and published widely.

Dr Janson Yap is the Regional Managing Director of the Risk Consulting Division at Deloitte (Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific). Embedding the innovation culture into the DNA of the Deloitte Southeast Asia organization is also part of hisbusiness portfolio where he also holds the title of Innovation Leader. With significant professional experience in multi-national corporations as well as having conducted advanced research into strategy implementation, his implementation evaluation techniques complete the book's end-to-end strategy solution.

Uniquely crafted and multi-disciplinary, the book combines the concepts of foresight, strategy, business and innovation

Offers insights into business in the Asia Pacific region, its challenges and opportunities from the perspective of leading Asia / Pacific business leaders

Includes valuable insights from Chaly Mah, the CEO of Deloitte Asia Pacific

Chapter 1: Introduction: Foresight and Strategy in Asia Pacific Business.- Chapter 2: The Asia Pacific in context.- Chapter 3: Business in the Asia Pacific Region.- Chapter 4: Strategy and Asia Pacific futures.- Chapter 5: Foresight & Strategic Thinking enabling valuable strategy.- Chapter 6: Strategy in a world where 'change has changed'.- Chapter 7: Negative Creativity & Creativity Theft.- Chapter 8: The importance of being serious about strategy.- Chapter 9: On the Horizon - Asia Pacific Futures.