Description: an excerpt from a speech discussing how experts can become so immersed in their work that they cannot see how their profession relates to and affects society. This is excerpted, with permission, from Mr. Anderson’s speech, “Strategic Planning for Corporate Growth,” to the Chemical Marketing Research Assn.

Description: This article discusses the recently formed Committee on Futurism, and provides a definition of futurism and the purpose of the new committee. The author notes that “in October 1975 the annual meeting of the Society had the privilege of listening to Dr. Jay S. Mendell give an address on “The Actuary as a Futurist.” Prior to that occasion it is doubtful if many of the Society members had ever heard of being a Futurist or of Futurism.”