Writing
Making the Future Visible: Psychology, Scenarios and Strategy
Hardin Tibbs, March 2000, published electronically by Global Business
Network at www.gbn.com. Reframing the future as a psychological space
recasts uncertainty as a fundamental source of strategic motivation.
This approach depicts the future as a strategic landscape with psychological
dimensions, populated by a diversity of strategic techniques.
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A Tribute to Pierre Wack
Napier Collyns and Hardin Tibbs, Netview, Global Business Network, Spring/Summer
1998. Napier Collyns and Hardin Tibbs pay tribute to Pierre Wack, the
pioneer of scenario planning at Royal/Dutch Shell, who died at the end
of 1997.
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The Technology Strategy of the Sustainable Corporation
Hardin Tibbs, chapter contributed to Sustainability, The Corporate Challenge
of the 21st Century edited by Dexter Dunphy et al, Allen & Unwin
Australia, 2000. It describes a metastrategy for sustainable technology,
involving a business transition from the value chain to the “value
loop.”
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Saving the World Slowly
Hardin Tibbs, a first-hand impression of the United Nations World Summit
on Sustainable Development that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa,
August 26 - September 4, 2002.
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Sustainability
Hardin Tibbs, "Deeper News", Global Business Network, January
1999. This public version of a consulting report for the Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto, California, reviews the scientific,
technological, economic, social and political dimensions of sustainability.
It examines the fundamental concept of unsustainability and the evidence
for it, and explores scenarios that address both the nature and scale
of the issue, and the possible dynamics of a response. The report suggests
that both new technology and significant social change will be essential
if we are to achieve sustainability.
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Industrial Ecology: An Environmental Agenda for Industry
Hardin Tibbs, Arthur D. Little, Inc. and Global Business Network, 1993.
Taking the pattern of the natural environment as a "biomimetic" model
for industrialization, industrial ecology involves designing industrial
infrastructures as if they were a series of interlocking human-made ecosystems
interfacing with the natural global ecosystem. This White Paper, originally
written for Arthur D. Little Inc., introduces and discusses the concept
of industrial ecology as a conceptual framework for business to ensure
the long-term viability of industrial production.
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