Lawrence Wilkinson
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Lawrence Wilkinson is Chairman of Heminge & Condell, a strategic advisory and investment firm, and Co-Founder of Global Business Network
(GBN), where he helped pioneer the use of the scenario planning
technique, now widely used by organizations in their strategic planning.
Wilkinson has authored and edited numerous publications and Harvard Business School
case studies ranging from Public Broadcasting in the U.S. (Harvard Business School Press) to The Cambridge Milton Cambridge University Press
. He is the author of "How To Build Scenarios" (Wired, 1995). He has produced and executive-produced numerous television programs, multimedia titles, and feature films, including Crumb (Sony Pictures Classics).
He also has contributed regularly to general and business periodicals and national television, cable, and radio business news programs, including Wired, Backstage, Business Times, Nightly Business Report, and The Wall Street Journal Report. His articles and essays have been anthologized in a number of collections, most recently in Strategy Bites Back (edited by Henry Mintzberg, et al., Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2005). He has served as a McKinsey Prize judge.
Wilkinson is an adviser to and director of a number of companies that he helped start, including Oxygen Media, Ealing Studios
, Design With Reach, Mercantila, and Lieberman Productions. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Davidson College
, and is on the Boards of The Pacific News Service, New American Media, Public Radio International, Public Interactive, Institute for the Future
, and Common Sense Media.
Global Business Network
Global Business Network, or GBN, is a strategy consulting firm and member of Monitor Group, that helps businesses, NGOs, and governments use scenario planning to plan for multiple possible futures....
(GBN), where he helped pioneer the use of the scenario planning
Scenario planning
Scenario planning, also called scenario thinking or scenario analysis, is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans. It is in large part an adaptation and generalization of classic methods used by military intelligence.The original method was that a...
technique, now widely used by organizations in their strategic planning.
Wilkinson has authored and edited numerous publications and Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
case studies ranging from Public Broadcasting in the U.S. (Harvard Business School Press) to The Cambridge Milton Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
. He is the author of "How To Build Scenarios" (Wired, 1995). He has produced and executive-produced numerous television programs, multimedia titles, and feature films, including Crumb (Sony Pictures Classics).
He also has contributed regularly to general and business periodicals and national television, cable, and radio business news programs, including Wired, Backstage, Business Times, Nightly Business Report, and The Wall Street Journal Report. His articles and essays have been anthologized in a number of collections, most recently in Strategy Bites Back (edited by Henry Mintzberg, et al., Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2005). He has served as a McKinsey Prize judge.
Wilkinson is an adviser to and director of a number of companies that he helped start, including Oxygen Media, Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever since...
, Design With Reach, Mercantila, and Lieberman Productions. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Davidson College
Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine, although it has recently dropped to 11th in U.S. News...
, and is on the Boards of The Pacific News Service, New American Media, Public Radio International, Public Interactive, Institute for the Future
Institute for the Future
The Institute for the Future is a Palo Alto, California–based think tank established in 1968, as a spin-off from the RAND Corporation, to help organizations plan for the long-term future....
, and Common Sense Media.
External links
- Heminge & Condell http://www.hemingeandcondell.com
- Global Business Network http://www.gbn.com
- Oxygen Media http://www.oxygen.com
- Ealing Studios http://www.ealingstudios.com
- Design Within Reach http://www.dwr.com
- Mercantila http://www.mercantila.com
- Beverly Hills Chairs http://www.beverlyhillschairs.com
- Lieberman Productions http://www.lieberman.com
- Davidson College http://www.davidson.edu
- Pacific News Service http://www.pacificnews.org
- New American Media http://www.newamericanmedia.org
- Public Radio International http://www.pri.org
- Public Interactive http://publicinteractive.com
- Institute for the Future http://www.iftf.org
- Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org