Podcast · 34 min

Establishing an operating cadence for reliable forecasts - Janis Zech | EP 18

Janis Zech · Rowing8 Free Advanced

This is the question restated as an episode: which meetings happen when, what gets submitted in writing before anyone talks, and how last period's miss gets reviewed. Zech built a forecasting product, so he has seen a lot of these calendars.

The question it answers

  1. How do the very best forecasting teams actually run their week?

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