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Me on forecasting

Nicholas Gruen
March 1, 2018March 9, 2024
https://youtu.be/PX4B6e0wnV8 Above is my presentation to CEDA's Outlook conference in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago. I came after a McKinsey's consultant talking about digital...

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