The Future That Has Already Happened
by Peter F. Drucker
A version of this article appeared in the September–October 1997 issue of Harvard Business Review.
Looking Ahead: Implications of the Present
Peter F. Drucker claims to have made his last prediction late in 1929 when he forecast a quick recovery for the stock market, thereby inoculating himself against the folly of making further predictions. Nevertheless, the instinct to look ahead is profoundly human. We, the editors of the Harvard Business Review, have thus chosen the occasion […]
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