GBN : Our Practice

Anthropologist specializing in consumer research and trends, branding, and strategy; CEO, BardoConsulting; radio show host; former strategist with OgilvyOne, Citibank, and Nissan

Albert Bressand

Economist; executive director, Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, Columbia University; former vice president, Global Business Environment, Shell International; founder, Prométhée, Paris; coauthor, In the Company of Visions and Enhanced Transparency: Meeting European Investors Needs

Peter Calthorpe

Architect and planner of environmentally progressive community development and "new urbanism" design; author, The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl and Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

David Harris

Political analyst and journalist; author of 11 books, including Our War (on Vietnam), The Last Stand (on old-growth forests), Shooting the Moon (on Manuel Noriega), The Crisis (on Iran), and The Genius (on legendary football coach Bill Walsh)

Jaap Leemhuis

Economist and specialist in scenario and strategy development; cofounder, Fairsights; former president, GBN Europe; 25 years in planning and management with Royal Dutch/Shell; musician and former Olympian

Amory Lovins

Energy efficiency and sustainability pioneer; cofounder and director of research, Rocky Mountain Institute; founder of Hypercar Inc., MacArthur fellow; author or coauthor of 31 books, including Natural Capitalism, Winning the Oil Endgame, and Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era

Chris Luebkeman

Geologist, structural engineer and architect, specializing in sustainable and thoughtful design. Heads Global Foresight + Innovation initiative at Arup, a global design and engineering firm. Author, Drivers of Change 2009

Irving Mintzer

Economist and environmentalist, specializing in global energy policy; international climate change negotiator; former editor, Global Change

Michael Murphy

Cofounder, Esalen Institute; author, The Kingdom of Shivas Irons, Golf in the Kingdom, and The Future of the Body; coauthor, The Life We Are Given

Bruce Sterling

Science fiction writer, The Hacker Crackdown, Holy Fire, Distraction, and Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years; popular science journalist; catalyst, the Viridian movement; design instructor

Hirotaka Takeuchi

Strategy professor, Harvard Business School; former founding dean, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo; coauthor, The Knowledge Creating Company, Can Japan Compete? and Extreme Toyota

Hardin Tibbs

Scenarist,strategist, and pioneer in sustainability and industrial ecology and design; founder, Synthesys Strategic Conuslting, U.K.; former consultant, Global Business Network and Arthur D. Little

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