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CRAVING THE FUTURE - Innovation Experiences & Book

Tools and experiences that enable you to create your future

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CRAVING THE FUTURE - Innovation Experiences & Book

CRAVING THE FUTURE - Innovation Experiences & Book

CRAVING THE FUTURE - Innovation Experiences & Book

CRAVING THE FUTURE - Innovation Experiences & Book

CRAVING THE FUTURE - Innovation Experiences & Book

Tools and experiences that enable you to create your future

Tools and experiences that enable you to create your future

Tools and experiences that enable you to create your future

Tools and experiences that enable you to create your future

Michael Perman
Michael Perman
Michael Perman
Michael Perman
1 Campaign |
Portland, United States
$13,590 USD 41 backers
53% of $25,300 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
We all wish we could see what is coming over the horizon, or be part of creating the future. I am producing a new book, podcast series and action tools called CRAVING THE FUTURE, mindfully crafted to help you shape what is coming next for yourself, or for the organization where you work. CRAVING THE FUTURE offers imaginative ideas, practical skills, and expert advice of innovation luminaries - that you can use as a tool kit for your personal journey into the future! What do you CRAVE?

  

Are you ready to shape your own future?

 

My name is Michael Perman. I am an innovation futurist and head of C'EST WHAT? - the Mindful Innovation firm.  After decades of deep research around the world, I have distilled my accumulated wisdom into a new book, podcast series, action learning tools and innovation experiences called CRAVING THE FUTURE.  

 

 

My mission in life is to inspire creativity in people, to help everyone create a brighter future for themselves and the organizations where they work - instead of being controlled by outside forces.  Today, I am inviting you to join the the movement of people who wish to take the future into their hands and own it!

You've never seen a business book quite like this one, mindfully crafted as a collaborative and interactive tool that enables people and organizations to see over the horizon...and shape their destiny. 

CRAVING THE FUTURE gives you powerful ideas, practical skills and expert advice from innovation luminaries who are paving the way forward, making the world a better place. 

But it's more than a book - it's a new way of thinking about creating what's next!

Early Reviews:

The future has a strange power over us. It causes deep anxiety and, at the same time, a magical attraction. I've been impressed with how Michael has always been able to balance these two emotions not only for himself but also for the organizations he has worked with, bringing lightness, hope and curiosity. In CRAVING THE FUTURE, Michael shares his learning and insights in a deeply powerful and useful way. Let him be your guide to a beautiful future.

---John Winsor, Harvard Laboratory for Innovation Science 

CRAVING THE FUTURE provides insights, inspiration and specific steps to harness the power of craving to create a more meaningful level of connectivity and insight for individuals and brands”

--- Kent Lewis, President & Founder, Anvil Media

 

 

Funding Goals
The traditional publishing model is simply not reasonable for new authors. I am taking a more future-forward approach to self-publishing and hoping you will join me.  

My funding goal is $25,300. This goal supports graphic design, editing, production, initial business set up, marketing, and the cost of traveling for author events. Funds raised above the goal will be devoted to scoping a potential documentary film called CRAVING THE FUTURE, featuring live interviews with innovation luminaries. 


Popular Perks and Fulfillment Timeline 
Of course you can get CRAVING THE FUTURE book at a discount here - and it's the only place to get the popular C'EST WHAT? hat. Our feature perk is the CRAVING COFFEE TALK, which includes four hard cover books, TWO POUNDS of world class Portland coffee, and a set of conversation starters for you and your friends or co-workers to discuss over coffee while cruising the book together - just $200.  We will fulfill those orders beginning in August so the coffee is fresh!

 


I think you will also love the VIRTUAL CRAVING WORKSHOP, whereby we could devote 90 minutes to discuss the ways CRAVING THE FUTURE can impact your organization or personal lives.... great for teams or even book groups. Even better, a full-blown, multi-sensory innovation workshop for your team to explore future possibilities, priced at a significant discount for Indiegogo patrons - normally $25,000 - available for $9,500. 

 

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Also available is a special live concert and keynote with PETER HIMMELMAN and BIG MUSE, where your audience learns to write songs relevant to your conference goals, and then we improvise music with our full rock band. The audience comes alive! For details, contact Mike Frick at mike@speaking.com.

 

    

 

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About Author Michael Perman 
My career has been devoted to helping large brands create what is coming next.  As Senior Director of Insights and Global Marketing for Levi's, I helped guide new brands, products and experiences. As Dean of Innovation at Gap, I helped identify multiple growth ideas. I have also provided innovation strategy guidance to adidas, Nike, Del Monte, Williams Sonoma, Starbucks, Google, Hyatt and other brands

 

                           

 

I  have devoted tremendous personal energy to this project because I have learned that many people feel the future happens TO them, rather than for or with them. CRAVING THE FUTURE can help I believe that  curiosity and empathy together can lead you down a pathway to soulfulness, helping you create a future that has meaning, purpose and prosperity. 

But, humbly speaking, this is my first book so I am grateful for your engagement. I hope this book is a catalyst for  you to create what is next. 

    If you know of other people who would appreciate CRAVING THE FUTURE, please share this link on your social media.  https://igg.me/at/craving-future 

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    CRAVING COFFEE TALK
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    CRAVING COFFEE TALK

    $200 USD $300 USD (33% off)
    Host a craving coffee talk! You will receive FOUR high-quality hardcover books, discussion guide and TWO POUNDS of world-famous Portland coffee (Noosa Familia and Water Avenue), as featured on our podcast: The Future of Coffee. Enjoy a provocative, craving conversation, and plot your future together with friends or business associates.
    Included Items
    • CRAVING COFFEE TALK
    Estimated Shipping
    August 2019
    3 out of 100 of claimed
    Ships to United States of America
    SIGNED HARD COVER BOOK

    SIGNED HARD COVER BOOK

    $30 USD $40 USD (25% off)
    Our deluxe hardcover version is suitable to display on a coffee table or your professional workspace. Artfully design by Hub Design Collective and Printed on 70LB paper 8.5” x 8.5” . The stories and core skills will help you create your own future. Signed with a personal inscription by author, Michael Perman. Includes shipping.
    Included Items
    • CRAVING THE FUTURE hard cover
    Estimated Shipping
    July 2019
    17 out of 25 of claimed
    Ships worldwide.
    C'EST WHAT? HAT AND BOOK

    C'EST WHAT? HAT AND BOOK

    $60 USD $80 USD (25% off)
    Share your curiosity with the world by wearing this official C’EST WHAT? sports cap. People will stop you on the street! The hat is 100% cotton, leather strap, air-cooled, in black with white letters. Comes with deluxe signed hardcover version of CRAVING THE FUTURE, suitable to display on a coffee table or your professional workspace.
    Included Items
    • Book and C'EST WHAT? HAT
    Estimated Shipping
    August 2019
    6 out of 48 of claimed
    Ships worldwide.
    INNOVATION POWER HOUR

    INNOVATION POWER HOUR

    $500 USD $1,000 USD (50% off)
    Enjoy a ONE HOUR strategy session over the phone (or in person in Portland, Oregon) regarding ways to refine your personal or organizational future-innovation strategy, or developing a culture and ethos of creativity. This one hour consultation comes with TWO hard cover books so you can share with a friend or colleague.
    Included Items
    • INNOVATION POWER HOUR
    Estimated Shipping
    August 2019
    2 out of 10 of claimed
    COFFEE TALK FOUR GIFT PACK

    COFFEE TALK FOUR GIFT PACK

    $750 USD $1,200 USD (37% off)
    The CRAVING COFFEE TALK is an excellent gift for your customers, friends or co-workers. When you buy the six pack, each set of FOUR BOOKS and TWO POUNDS of coffee comes in a special gift box - FOUR COMPLETE SETS - at a discount. Tell people you know the author - and help people you know create what is coming next.
    Included Items
    • COFFEE TALK FOUR GIFT PACK
    Estimated Shipping
    August 2019
    0 out of 20 of claimed
    Ships to United States of America
    VIRTUAL TEAM WORKSHOP

    VIRTUAL TEAM WORKSHOP

    $1,000 USD $2,500 USD (60% off)
    Gather six friends or professional associates for a 90 minute virtual workshop, hosted by Michael Perman (in-person for Portland, OR). Michael will share highlights from his book, behind the scenes stories, and a synopsis of emerging trends that will stimulate thinking about the future. Excellent for team meetings, strategy sessions, or book clubs!
    Included Items
    • VIRTUAL TEAM WORKSHOP
    Estimated Shipping
    September 2019
    0 out of 15 of claimed
    MULTI-SENSORY WORKSHOP

    MULTI-SENSORY WORKSHOP

    $9,500 USD $25,000 USD (62% off)
    Michael will produce a live, multi-sensory, innovation workshop (6-8 hours) similar to those described in his book. Expect your senses to be delighted as preparation for the divergent and convergent thinking that is relevant to your team’s innovation challenge. Event will be carefully planned for you based on agreed-upon timing goals and location.
    Included Items
    • MULTI-SENSORY WORKSHOP
    Estimated Shipping
    October 2019
    1 out of 10 of claimed
    LIVE CONCERT & KEYNOTE

    LIVE CONCERT & KEYNOTE

    $40,000 USD $75,000 USD (46% off)
    NOTE: THIS SESSION CAN NOT BE PURCHASED ON INDIEGOGO. If interested, then contact: michael@cestwhat.org C'EST WHAT? + Grammy nominated musician Peter Himmelman and his BIG MUSE band produce a LIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCE + KEYNOTE speech on creative breakthroughs and future trends. Your audience writes songs and our band improvises to ROCK THE HOUSE!
    Included Items
    • LIVE CONCERT AND KEYNOTE
    Estimated Shipping
    October 2019
    0 out of 3 of claimed

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