This talk was given to The Christian Science Monitor Advertising Sales Management Workshop on June 10, 1986, by John H. Hoagland, Jr., Manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society.
This moment, for The Christian Science Publishing Society, is one of great promise; and the clarity of our vision, both individual and collective, has a great deal to do with fulfilling the promise.
A few weeks ago I had lunch with an old friend from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has spent much of his career developing techniques for forecasting future trends in world affairs and technology. At one point in our conversation, only half joking, he said, "The future just isn't what it used to be!"
