Eric Garland - Talent And Technology

THE LONG VIEW

There’s No Lack of Talent or Technology ERIC GARLAND is President of Competitive Futures, a Washington, DC, consultancy that combines the disciplines of futures research and business intelligence. He is an adviser to many Fortune 100 companies on future trends and is the author of Future Inc: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What’s Next.

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