Peter Schwartz is an American futurist and business executive. He is a co-founder of the Global Business Network (GBN), a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Edge,[1] and Singapore's Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council,[2] an agenda contributor for the World Economic Forum,[3] and a member of the WEF's Network of Global Agenda Councils.[2:1] He serves on the boards of the Long Now Foundation, the Center for a New American Security, the World Affairs Council, and the Santa Fe Institute,[1:1] and is a distinguished fellow at the Center for Strategic Futures.[2:2][4] He currently serves as senior vice president of strategic planning for Salesforce[3:1] and a venture partner at Alta Partners.[1:2]
He was a partner of the Monitor Group, which became Monitor Deloitte following its purchase by Deloitte.[2:3] He was also previously a member of the 21st Century Council, the Council for the Future of Europe, and the WorldPost at the Berggruen Institute.[5][2:4] He also served as a special advisor for the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI),[6] and was on the board of advisors for the Foresight Institute.[7] He is represented by Stern Strategy Group for public speaking opportunities and advisory services.[8]
History
Schwartz joined the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in 1972, rising to become director of SRI's Strategic Environment Center.[9]
In 1982, Schwartz took over from Pierre Wack as head of the scenario planning practice at Shell.[10] He left Shell in 1986.[3:2]
In 1987, Schwartz co-founded the Global Business Network (GBN) alongside Napier Collyns, Jay Ogilvy, Lawrence Wilkinson, and Stewart Brand.[11]
Schwartz provided a testimonial printed in John Petersen's 1997 book, Out of the Blue: Wild Cards and Other Big Future Surprises.[12]
Schwartz served as a member of the 21st Century Council at the Berggruen Institute, which ran from 2011 to 2017.[5:1][13]
Publications
- October 2003: An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security
- Co-authored by Doug Randall
- Published by the United States Department of Defense
External links
Peter Schwartz. Edge. Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240405233151/https://www.edge.org/memberbio/peter_schwartz ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Peter Schwartz. Berggruen Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2023, from http://archive.today/2024.04.05-231032/https://berggruen.org/people/peter-schwartz ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Peter Schwartz - Agenda Contributor. World Economic Forum. Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240405214053/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/peter-schwartz/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Networks. Center for Strategic Futures. Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240405232626/https://www.csf.gov.sg/our-work/networks/ ↩︎
21st Century Council. Berggruen Institute. Retrieved August 4, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200804120709/https://www.berggruen.org/people/group/21st-century-council/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Board of Trustees. Rocky Mountain Institute. Retrieved October 13, 2009, from https://web.archive.org/web/20091013025605/http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid57.php ↩︎
Advisory Boards & Steering Committees. Foresight Institute. Retrieved February 28, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210228002322/https://foresight.org/about/boards_committees.html ↩︎
Louis, J. Peter Schwartz. Stern Strategy Group. Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240405233517/https://sternstrategy.com/speakers/peter-schwartz/ ↩︎
Knight, M. (1999, December). 2020 Visionary. Rensselaer Alumni Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20151002121702/http://www.rpi.edu/dept/NewsComm/Magazine/dec99/visionary2.html ↩︎
An interview with Peter Schwartz. (2009, May 15). The Economic Times. http://archive.today/2024.04.05-192440/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/an-interview-with-peter-schwartz/articleshow/4532359.cms ↩︎
Where We Started. Global Business Network. Retrieved January 5, 2010, from http://archive.today/2010.01.05-183523/http://gbn.com/about/started.php ↩︎
Petersen, J. L. (1997). Out of the blue: wild cards and other big future surprises, how to anticipate and respond to profound change. Danielle Laporte Book; The Arlington Institute. http://archive.today/2024.01.27-220642/https://search.worldcat.org/title/Out-of-the-blue-:-wild-cards-and-other-big-future-surprises-:-how-to-anticipate-and-respond-to-profound-change/oclc/37745851 ↩︎
21st Century Council. Berggruen Institute. Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240405220147/https://berggruen.org/projects/21st-century-council ↩︎
