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Peter Schwartz is a highly-sought keynote speaker and expert covering such topics as technology, futurist, future trends, strategy, innovation, and disruption. He is a best-selling author, consultant, media pundit, and thought-leader who has spoken at many conferences around the world where he gives leaders the skills they need to deal with fast, big changes in society, the workplace, and education.
Peter Schwartz is hired to speak at events and conferences where he can give expertise on important global business affairs. He is SVP of Strategic Planning for Salesforce and an internationally renowned futurist and business strategist, specializing in scenario planning and working with corporations, governments, and institutions to create alternative perspectives of the future and develop robust strategies for a changing & uncertain world.
He was co-founder and chairman of Global Business Network and is the author of several works. He is the author of Inevitable Surprises (Gotham, 2003), a provocative look at the dynamic forces at play in the world today and their implications for business and society. His first book, The Art of the Long View (Doubleday Currency, 1991; audio tape, 1995; paperback, 1996), is considered a seminal publication on scenario planning and has been translated into multiple languages.
He is also the co-author of The Long Boom (Perseus, 1999), a vision for the world characterized by global openness, prosperity, and discovery; When Good Companies Do Bad Things (Wiley, 1999), an examination of, and argument for, corporate social responsibility; and China’s Futures (Jossey-Bass, 2001), which describes very different scenarios for China and their international implications. He publishes and lectures widely and served as a script consultant on the films “The Minority Report,” “Deep Impact,” “Sneakers,” and “War Games.” Peter received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering and astronautics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 2009 he received an honorary PhD and was he commencement speaker art RPI.
Peter is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Affairs Council and, in Singapore, the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council. He also sits on the boards of The Long Now Foundation, The Center for New American Security and the Center for Strategic Studies in Singapore.
Peter received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering and astronautics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Some of his accomplishments and accolades include:
- Spent 10 years from 1972 to 81at Stanford Research Institute where I was one of the earliest users of the ARPA net.
- Head of Scenario Planning for Royal Dutch Shell from 1981 to 86.
- Co founded and led Global Business Network in 1987 until 2010
- Joined Salesforce in November 2011.
- Authored 7 books including the Art of the Long View, Inevitable Surprises and When Good Companies Do Bad Things
- Consulted on the films WarGames, Sneakers, Deep Impact and Minority Report
- Cofounded and serve on the board of the Long Now Foundation
- Selected for the Futurist Hall of Fame by the Association of Professional Futurists.
- Chairman of the board B612 Foundation
- Served on many Singapore boards. Currently the Urban Solutions and Sustainability Advisory Board
- Distinguished International Fellow of the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office.
- Strategy Advisor to Temasek
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