Issues and Uncertainties
This GBN in Conversation with Amory Lovins, scientist and innovator examines
"Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era"
John Maeda, digital artist, computer scientist, and president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) discusses the lessons he's learned about leadership, transparency, intentionality, engagement, and the importance of arts in all aspects of our lives.
Steven Johnson, renowned for writing at the intersection of science and culture, examines why innovation happens (hint: it's not genius) and how we can cultivate the conditions for meaningful change and creativity in our societies, organizations, and careers.
John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil and cofounder of Citizens for Affordable Energy takes on both politicians and oil company executives while exploring sustainable energy solutions in this wide-ranging conversation with GBN co-founder Peter Schwartz.
Microfinance in Ecuador and Kenya; scenario training ala GBN; deviant globalization; inventor José Gomez Marquez; brand guru Chris Riley; the GBN Book Club and more...
A continued, broad-based rise in commodity prices in the next five years is very likely, reflecting deep structural market shifts. The impacts will extend beyond price (to include value chain power, geopolitics, sources of wealth and competition, and access), driving significant strategic and operational challenges and opportunities for companies worldwide.
A provocative look at the conditions that allow global illicit networks to flourish, as well as how governments and businesses can cope with this growing phenomenon.
GBN in Conversation with MIT digital sociologist Sherry Turkle on how technology is shaping our personal lives, relationships, communities, and expectations
The futures of the Internet and Estonia; Ariely on irrationality; new GBNer Noah Raford's plans to crowdsource scenarios; Network member Aidan Eyakuze describes why Africa will surprise you; Stewart Brand's Book Club; and more...
Political scientist and GBN Network member Steve Weber discusses why and how the U.S. must forge a new role in our multi-polar, post-Western world and what this will mean for U.S. companies doing business globally. In conversation with GBN Co-president Andrew Blau.
Clay Shirky, a leading thinker on the evolution and impacts of social media, reflects on how digital technology is changing us from passive consumers to active collaborators, unleashing a torrent of talent and creativity that will transform our world. In Conversation with Andrew Blau
What will the Internet be like in 2025 and what forces and uncertainties will shape its path? "The Evolving Internet," a joint report from Cisco and GBN, presents four divergent, yet plausible, scenarios for the future of the Internet and examines the implications for both business models and policy choices.
"GBN in Conversation" brings together members of the GBN Network with senior GBN practitioners for a live conversation about the issues and forces shaping the future. Recorded before a live audience at GBN's San Francisco office, these conversations are now available as podcasts.
In this Business Times of India article, the GBN/Monitor authors maintain that our highly uncertain business environment makes leadership key to survival and success in next few years.
GBN-Rockefeller Foundation scenarios on technology and development; co-president Andrew Blau considers media's future; Lynn Carruthers's visual practice; a Network roundtable on big surprises in the last decade--and the next, and more...
GBN in Conversation with co-founder Stewart Brand—author of Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto. (October 13, 2009)
Wired magazine's editor-in-chief, in coversation with GBN cofounder Peter Schwartz, explores how digital technologies and the economics of abundance make it cheaper and wiser for many businesses to simply give things away. (July 2009)
Pandemics, the Future of Central America, millennials on museums, from scenarios to innovation, an other-wordly interview with Esther Dyson, Stewart Brand's "Talk" Club, and more...
GBN in Conversation with the IMF's Charles Collyns and Peter Dattels, hosted by Steven Weber, on "The Future of the Global Economy," April 30, 2009.
Addressing climate change will require U.S.-China collaboration and engagement, in terms of both policy and action. This report's recommendations were vetted at a GBN workshop with contributions from members of our network.
Taking Advantage of Tumultuous Times; GBN's new launch simulator; the futures of Amsterdam and Morocco; interview with water expert Peter Gleick; and more...
The Fall 2008 GBN Bulletin features scenarios of the financial crisis and of East Africa; what is art?; brain science and organizations; emerging industries, Network news, the GBN Book Club, and more...
The Summer 2008 GBN Bulletin features the future of healthcare, AIDS, Chicago; Ferguson debates Schwartz; recessionary times; the millennials, the Colbert Report, Network News, the GBN Book Club, and more...
The Winter 2008 GBN Bulletin features climate change; the future of music, digital China; Network news, the GBN Book Club, and more...
GBN in Conversation with Clay Shirky—author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations—on how and why new communications tools are enabling newfound conversation and coordinated action at little or no cost. (April 22, 2008)
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This GBN white paper offers an alternative analytic approach to understanding climate change disruptions, and a new way to both anticipate and imagine potential impacts of climate change.
In his provocative new book, What Technology Wants, Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of Wired magazine, pressents technology as a dynamic, life-like, evolving organism with its own needs and tendencies. By understanding, steering, and aligning ourselves with technology, we can capture its full value. In conversation with GBN cofounder Peter Schwartz.
Co-founder Stewart Brand's new book-manifesto, Rob Carlson on biotech, the future of the U.S. from multiple angles, the GBN Book Club and more...
GBN in Conversation with NYU sociologist Dalton Conley and GBN co-president Andrew Blau on "The Elsewhere Society."
This new report from our colleagues at The Monitor Institute explores the emergence of impact investing and how it might evolve as a potent force for addressing global challenges.
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