Forward Looking Predictions for 2017

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill said “A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year, and then to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”

With Sir Winston Churchill's statement in mind, we recommend listening to the signifcance of Scott Galloway's and Maureen Mullen's forward looking predictions for 2017 (watch video above).

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