Forecasting the future - or more precisely, attempting to forecast the future - is an exercise as old as mankind itself. The ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, for example, engaged in all kinds of rituals and propitiatory sacrifices to ensure good fortune in their future endeavors. Back then, as it is still today, there were all sorts of individuals whose role was to "peer into the future" for the benefit of the uninitiated. More often than not, these foretellers offered up more questions than answers.
2006 IT Trends: What Should You Be Evaluating?
Posted February 1, 2006 | Leadership |
About The Author
Gabriele Piccoli is a Fellow with Cutter Consortium, a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network, and the Editor Emeritus of Cutter Benchmark Review. Dr. Piccoli is the Edward G. Schlieder Endowed Chair of Information Sciences at Louisiana State University's E.J. Ourso College of Business, and Director of the Digital Data Streams Lab. His consulting, research, and teaching expertise is in strategic information systems and the use… Read More
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