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When My Forecast Triggered a Panic Hiring Spree: A Growth Model Overreaction

August 10, 2025/by Sarah Schlott

It started with an innocent tab in Excel. One that was supposed to be a simple quarterly forecast.One that, in my mind, would reassure leadership we were “on track.”One that—through no fault of my own—became the match that set the HR department on fire. By the end of the week, the company had committed to […]

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