Future Ready

Written in an engaging and thought provoking style, Future Ready leads the reader to answers to questions such as:

• What makes a good forecast?
• What period should a forecast cover?
• How frequently should it be updated?
• What information should it contain?
• What is the best way to produce a forecast?
• How can you avoid gaming and other forms of data manipulation?
• How should a forecast be used?
• How do you ensure that your forecast is reliable?
• How accurate does it need to be?
• How should you deal with risk and uncertainty
• What is the best way to organize a forecast process?
• Do you need multiple forecasts?
• What changes should be made to other performance management processes to facilitate good forecasting?

Future Ready is an invaluable guide for practicing managers and a source of insight and inspiration to leaders looking for better ways of doing things and to students of the science and craft of management. It is also a source of insight and inspiration to leaders looking for better ways to improve results."Future Ready is a very timely call to action, challenging readers to rethink the many myths and practical flaws which bedevil their current approaches to forecasting and presenting a clear and radical blueprint for future success." Paul Baumann, Director of Finance and Investment, NHS London"Studies continue to reveal that CFO teams around the globe have significant gaps in their planning and forecasting capabilities, exacerbated and exposed by the global recession. This book is a solutions oriented approach to filling that gap." Jeffrey C. Thomson, President and CEO, Institute of Management Accountants"Provides a clear eyed analysis of an essential business process that many of us don t understand either as well or as in as much detail as we should. Moves beyond theory to the mechanics of designing and implementing a genuinely useful forecasting system." Liz Doherty, CFO Brambles Ltd