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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TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE TO TALENT
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By Eric Garland
President, Competitive Futures
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