Charlie Nelson

Charlie is a statistician with over 35 years experience in forecasting and data analysis. He applies his skills to client problems and also to social issues. He tracks developments in the broader social and business environment which identifies opportunities and threats. Over the past ten years, for example, he has been advising clients about the opportunities of the booming older population and corporate social responsibility and about the threats of the end of cheap oil.

Charlie's brief bio (pdf format)

Publications

In 1999, Charlie wrote an article for BRW magazine as part of a special feature on the outlook to 2010. The article was titled The Future has Already Happened. Read the article (pdf format).

In 2005, Marketing Science published a paper by John Roberts, Charlie Nelson and Pam Morrison "A Prelaunch Diffusion Model for Evaluating Market Defense Strategies". Read the paper (pdf format).

Charlie also publishes the occasional magazine Prophets Profit, which analyses the future business and social environment.