I just hate predicting the hereaft...

I just hate predicting the hereafter To paraphrase Woody Allen upon death, there's just no to come in it. Those who have knowledge of to gaze into their crystal balls and number us what they see are just kidding themselves. As Peter Drucker formerly said, "We know only pair things about the future: It cannot be known, and it will be different from what exists now and from what we now expect" Translated: Predicting the futurity is for suckers.

yet even Drucker admits a forward-looking vision--studying the themes that will frame an industry going forward--makes proper business sense. "It is