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The Most Important Moments in Forecasting Dating back to the ancient time of the venerated Oracle at Delphi, humans have been curious as to what the future has in store. The desire for foresight has been proven to be not only a subject of extreme curiosity but also one of considerable need. In Histories of the Future, author Jonathon Karelse walks us through the storied timeline of forecasting and its disparate origins in places like sugar beet farms, naval warfare, and computer labs. It begins with the period leading up to the calamitous 1929 stock market crash and brings us through the decades, showing how the blend of technological advancements and business progression have advanced us to where we are today. Histories of the Future opens the potential for new and unique ways of understanding this core business process and gives light to an entirely new way of viewing the future.
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FOREWORD BY PAUL GOODWIN INITIAL THOUGHTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Great Crash Lies, Damn Lies, and Sugar Beets Ordinance and Inventory Rise of the Machines Holt-Winters A Time and a Place for Thinking Return of the Sibyl Intelligence, Real and Artificial CONCLUSION
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JONATHON P. KARELSE is the award-winning CEO of NorthFind Management and a global leader in S&OP, demand planning, and operations management. He is leading the conversation that behavioral economics represents the next important development in supply chain planning for most companies. He is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management, a member of the 2019 Management Excellence cohort at Harvard Business School, and a member of the Harvard Business Review's Advisory Council.
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The Most Important Moments in Forecasting Dating back to the ancient time of the venerated Oracle at Delphi, humans have been curious as to what the future has in store. The desire for foresight has been proven to be not only a subject of extreme curiosity but also one of considerable need. In Histories of the Future, author Jonathon Karelse walks us through the storied timeline of forecasting and its disparate origins in places like sugar beet farms, naval warfare, and computer labs. It begins with the period leading up to the calamitous 1929 stock market crash and brings us through the decades, showing how the blend of technological advancements and business progression have advanced us to where we are today. Histories of the Future opens the potential for new and unique ways of understanding this core business process and gives light to an entirely new way of viewing the future.
