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Histories of the Future
Milestones in the last 100 years of business forecasting
“Jonathon’s book, Histories of the Future, is a brilliant and wonderful tour of the history of the forecasting profession. Jonathon introduces us to Babson, Fisher, Turing and many others as he illustrates the progression from oracles to artificial intelligence. I predict it will be a seminal, must-read book for all forecasting professionals.”
“Jonathon’s book, Histories of the Future, is a brilliant and wonderful tour of the history of the forecasting profession. Jonathon introduces us to Babson, Fisher, Turing and many others as he illustrates the progression from oracles to artificial intelligence. I predict it will be a seminal, must-read book for all forecasting professionals.”
—Patrick Bower,
Sr. Director, Supply Chain, Aceto
“Histories of the Future is an insightful, clever book worth reading. It is a set of stories which together provide a narrative about the origins of business forecasting and how it has become what it is today. It is not a ‘how to’ guide. Instead Jonathon Karelse, an enlightened practitioner, provides an exciting account about the people and times that gave rise to the major ideas and the key milestones in business forecasting. The interest to read the book comes right away by looking at its table of contents with its clever headings, including ‘The Great Crash: The Death and the Birth of Business Forecasting’ and ‘Intelligence, Real and Artificial: AI and ML.’ There is a lot to learn and enjoy while reading this book.”.
“Histories of the Future is an insightful, clever book worth reading. It is a set of stories which together provide a narrative about the origins of business forecasting and how it has become what it is today. It is not a ‘how to’ guide. Instead Jonathon Karelse, an enlightened practitioner, provides an exciting account about the people and times that gave rise to the major ideas and the key milestones in business forecasting. The interest to read the book comes right away by looking at its table of contents with its clever headings, including ‘The Great Crash: The Death and the Birth of Business Forecasting’ and ‘Intelligence, Real and Artificial: AI and ML.’ There is a lot to learn and enjoy while reading this book.”.
—Spyros Makridakis,
Director of the Institute of the Future, University of Nicosia; Emeritus Professor of Decision Sciences, INSEAD
“A unique and fascinating tour of the history leading to modern-day business forecasting. Karelse shows how a combination of varied (and often misguided) approaches laid the foundation upon which we forecast today.”
“A unique and fascinating tour of the history leading to modern-day business forecasting. Karelse shows how a combination of varied (and often misguided) approaches laid the foundation upon which we forecast today.”
—Michael Gilliland,
Associate Editor, Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting; Director, International Institute of Forecasting; Author, The Business Forecasting Deal
“An engrossing account of a fascinating and neglected history that will provide important insights to anyone involved in business forecasting today.”
“An engrossing account of a fascinating and neglected history that will provide important insights to anyone involved in business forecasting today.”
—Paul Goodwin, Emeritus Professor, University of Bath
“By placing forecasting tools, techniques, and practices into their historical context Jonathon not only provides for an interesting read, he brings us to a deeper and more complete understanding of the forecasting discipline. It helps us to better understand the true value of underestimated concepts like the Delphi Method and CPFR on the one hand and better deal with the inflated expectations of AI and ML at the other end of the spectrum.”
“By placing forecasting tools, techniques, and practices into their historical context Jonathon not only provides for an interesting read, he brings us to a deeper and more complete understanding of the forecasting discipline. It helps us to better understand the true value of underestimated concepts like the Delphi Method and CPFR on the one hand and better deal with the inflated expectations of AI and ML at the other end of the spectrum.”
—Bram Desmet,
Adjunct Professor, Vlerick Business School; CEO, Solventure
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