About Eric Garland

Eric Garland is the founder and managing partner of Competitive Futures. He is a recognized expert in competitive intelligence and futures studies with over fifteen years experience in the field.

First and foremost, Garland is a futurist and competitive analyst, looking at diverse changes in the marketplace in order to help clients make more profitable decisions. He oversees all research projects for our global clientele.

As an educator, he trains executives in the skills of competitive intelligence and forecasting so they can make foresight a fundamental part of their careers and benefit their organizations immediately with new insights.

He is the author of Future Inc.: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What’s Next (AMACOM, 2006), a groundbreaking book which demonstrated his proven method for finding business opportunities using trend research, foresight, strategic thinking and scenario generation. His latest book is How to Predict the Future...and Win!!!, a satirical look at the world of strategy consulting and why most organizations fail to see the future coming.

Garland holds a bachelors degree in business administration and foreign languages from the University of Vermont, as well as a masters degree in international relations and technology policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

For more on Eric Garland's speaking and writing, see his personal author site.