Foretelling future predictions
13 September 2012
From the recent Demos report, Recruitment 2020, authors Niamh Gallagher and Duncan O’Leary highlight the importance of recruiters preparing themselves for future changes by using scenario planning
Thinking about the future is notoriously difficult. Businesses and governments have dedicated millions of pounds into trying to predict social, political and technical change — with mixed results. The CEO of computer manufacturer IBM once confidently predicted that “there is a world market for...