A "Yellow Pages" directory of practitioners, consultants, and researchers with a special interest in scenario technology

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Randall, R.M. and Fahey, L. (2003), "A "Yellow Pages" directory of practitioners, consultants, and researchers with a special interest in scenario technology", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 31 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/sl.2003.26131cae.004

A "Yellow Pages" directory of practitioners, consultants, and researchers with a special interest in scenario technology

A "Yellow Pages" directory of practitioners, consultants, and researchers with a special interest in scenario technology.©Robert M. Randall and Liam Fahey

 

directory of practitioners, consultants, and researchers

The Applied Futures	Address: 2101 Crystal Plaza Arcade, PMB 233, Arlington, VA 22202, USAWeb site: www.exploit-the-future.comContact: Christine MacNulty (Strategic Synthesis Team)Tel.: +1 703 528 5771; E-mail: cmacnulty@exploit-the-future.com
Aquila Inc (Energy Utility)	Address: 20 West 9th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105, USAWeb site: www.aquila.comContact: Robert D. Adkins (Director-Energy Forecasting & Research)Tel.: +1 816 467 3294; E-mail: bob.adkins@aquila.com
Battelle	Address: 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201, USAWeb site: www.battelle.org or www.dr-futuring.comContact: Stephen M. Millett (Thought Leader)Tel.: +1 614 424 5335; Fax: +1 614 424 3534; E-mail: milletts@battelle.orgPublications: "The future of scenarios: challenges and opportunities", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 31 No. 2, 2003
Centre for Scenario Planning and Future Studies	Address: Strathclyde University, Graduate School of Business, 199 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G4 0QU, UKWeb site: http://www.gsb.strath.ac.uk/worldclass/cspsf/Contact: George BurtTel.: + 44 (0)141 553 6000; E-mail: burt@gsb.strath.ac.ukPublications: Van der Heijden, Bradfield, Burt, Cairns and Wright (2002), The Sixth Sense, Accelerating Organizational Learning with Scenarios, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester
The Challenge Forum	Address: 35 Bradbourne St, London SW6 3TF, UKWeb site: www.chforum.orgContact: Oliver Sparrow (Director)Tel.: +44 (0)20 7736 9716; E-mail: director@chforum.orgPublications: Navigating Uncharted Waters (Royal Institute for International Affairs, 1997); The Engines of Change (Royal Institute for International Affairs, 1999/2000)
Decision Strategies International, Inc.	Address: 200 Barr Harbor Drive, Four Tower Bridge, Suite 400, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428-2978, or Department of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USAWeb site: www.thinkdsi.comContact: Paul J.H. SchoemakerTel.: +1 610 717 1000, ext. 111 or +1 610 941 2936; Fax: +1 610 717 1005; E-mail: (business) schoemaker@thinkdsi.com, (academic) schoemak@wharton.upenn.eduPublications: Profiting from Uncertainty: Strategies for Succeeding No Matter What the Future Brings Free Press, 2002
Wayne A. Earley & Associates, Inc.	Address: 348 Buck Run Trail, Westerville, OH 43082, USAContact: Wayne A. Earley (President)Tel.: +1 614 901 8866; Fax: +1 614 901 8877; E-mail: waearley@aol.comPublications: "Writing an annual report for your organization's future", in Learning from the Future, Wiley 1998, Liam Fahey and Robert M. Randall
Liam Fahey	Address: 115 Lincoln Street, Needham, Massachusetts, 02492, USA Leadership Forum Inc, Babson College (US) and Cranfield University (UK)Contact: Liam FaheyE-mail: Liam.Fahey@Leadershipforuminc.comPublications: Learning from the Future, Liam Fahey and Robert M. Randall, Willey 1998; "Competitor scenarios" in Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 31 No. 1, 2003
Betty S. Flowers	Address: 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705, USAContact: Betty S. Flowers (Director)Tel.: +1 512 916 5137 ext. 263; Fax: +1 512 916 5171; E-mail: bflowers@uts.cc.utexas.eduPublications: Shell 2001 Global Scenarios
The Foundation for Our Future	Address: 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482, USAWeb site: www.ffof.org Contact: Keith Wheeler (Director)Tel: + 1 802 985 0153; E-mail: keith@ffof.orgPublications: Shaping Our Future: A Facilitators Guide to Scenario Development. The Shaping Our Future program focuses on scenario development with young adult audiences.
Futures Observatory	Address: 2 Marshworth, Tinker's Bridge, Milton Keynes MK6 3DA, UK Open University Business School, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UKWeb site: http://oubs.open.ac.uk/futureContact: David Mercer (Director of the Futures Observatory)Tel: +44 (0)1908 232165; Fax: +44 (0)1908 232165; E-mail: d.s.mercer@open.ac.ukPublications: Mercer, D., Marketing Strategy: the Challenge of the External Environment (325 pp., Sage, 1998, 0-7619-5875-4) (325 pp., Sage, 1998, 0-7619-5875-5); Mercer, D., Future Revolutions (263 pp., Orion, 1998, 0-75281-369-2)
The Futures Strategy Group	Address: P.O. Box 1181, Glastonbury, CT 06033, USAWeb site: www.futurestrat.comContact: Charles PerrottetTel.: +1 860 633 1394, +1 860 633 1169; Mobile: +1 860 922 5418; E-mail: c.perrottet@cox.net or cperrottet@futurestrat.comPublications: "Scenario planning after 9/11: managing the impact of a catastrophic event", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 31 No, 1, 2003
GBN Global Business Network	Address: 5900-X Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608, USAWeb site: www.gbn.comContact: Jenny CollinsTel.: +1 510 547 6822; E-mail: info@gbn.comPublications: What's Next: Exploring the New Terrain for Business (Perseus/Wiley, 2002) Eamonn Kelly (GBN CEO) and Peter Leyden
Generon Consulting	Address: 900 Cummings Center, Suite 312U, Beverly, MA 01915, USAWeb site: www.generonconsulting.comContact: Adam KahaneTel.: +1 978 232 3500; E-mail: kahane@generonconsulting.comPublications: Adam Kahane, "How to change the world: lessons for entrepreneurs from activists", Reflections, Vol. 2 No. 3
Heinzen/Burke	Address: 13 Gray's Inn Square, Gray's Inn, London WC1R 5JP, UKContact: Barbara Heinzen or Eileen BurkeTel.: +44 (0)207 404 2027; Fax: +44 (0)207 404 2033; E-mail: heinzen@dircon.co.uk or eburke@dircon.co.ukPublications: Julie Allan, Gerard Fairtlough, Barbara Heinzen, The Power of the Tale: Using Narratives for Organisational Success, John Wiley & Sons, 2002
IBM Business Consulting Services	Address: 400 South Hope Street, 20th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USAWeb site: http://www1.ibm.com/services/strategy/futureseriesContact: Saul J. Berman (Strategic Change Solutions)Tel: +1 213 236 3130; E-mail: saul.berman@us.ibm.comPublications: "Ten strategies for survival in the attention economy", Saul J. Berman and Bennett E. McClellan, Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 30 No. 3, 2002 (The Future of Competing in Media and Entertainment, 2001-2005); "High-tech 2005: the horizontal, hypercompetitive future", Vivek Kapur, John Peters and Saul Berman, Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 31 No. 2, 2003
International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS)	Address: Maastricht University, The Netherlands PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsWeb site: www.icis.unimaas.nlContact: Philip van Notten, Dale Rothman, Arjan RensmaTel.: Tel: +31 43 388 2662; E-mail: p.vannotten@icis.unimaas.nl, dale.rothman@icis.unimaas.nl, a.rensma@icis.unimaas.nlPublications: Van Notten, Ph.W.F. et al., "An updated scenario typology", Futures (in print: expected publication January 2003)
Learning in Time	Address: 16 Heather Grove, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire, UKContact: John Collman (former member of Shell's Group Planning, now a consultant)Tel.: +44 (0)1252 843893; E-mail: jrc@learning-in-time.co.uk
Millennium Project of the American Council of the United Nations University	Address: 4421 Garrison Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016, USAWeb site: www.acunu.orgContact: Jerome C. Glenn (Director, AC/UNU Millennium Project)Tel.: +1 202 686 5179; E-mail: jglenn@igc.orgPublications: State of the Future (includes 4 global exploratory scenarios (2025), 1 global normative scenario (2050), 6 very long-range exploratory scenarios (3000) and 400+ annotated scenario sets)
NerveWire, Inc.	Address: 275 Grove Street, Suite 2-200, Newton, MA 02466, USAWeb site: www.nervewire.comContact: Theo ForbathTel.: +1 617 332 4420; E-mail: tforbath@nervewire.com, sales@nervewire.comPublications: Theo Forbath quoted in Harvard Management Review, June 2002, "Five reasons why you still need scenario planning", David Stauffer
Public Policy Consulting	Address: 259 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USAContact: Thomas W. Bonnett (Managing Director)Tel.: +1 718 857 2570; E-mail: twbparkslo@aol.comPublications: "How scenarios enrich public policy decisions", with Robert L. Olson, in Learning from the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenarios, edited by Liam Fahey and Robert M. Randall, (John Wiley & Sons, 1998); New work: "Future directions of tax policy: alternative scenarios for corporate strategic planning" (forthcoming)
Randall Consulting	Address: 2369 Green Street, Suite 4, San Francisco, CA 94123, USAContact: Doug RandallTel.: +1 415 672 2129; E-mail: Doug@randallconsulting.comPublications: "Cross-scenario planning" in Learning from the Future, Liam Fahey & Robert Randall, Wiley 1998
SAMI Consulting	Address: 152 Tachbrook Street, London SW1V 2NE, UKWeb site: www.samiconsulting.co.ukContact: Gill RinglandTel.: +44 078 998 473 87; E-mail: gill.ringland@samiconsulting.co.ukPublications: Scenarios for Business, John Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-470-84382-9; Scenarios in Public Policy, John Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-470-84383-7
Scenarios + Vision	Address: 842, Avenue des Templiers, F-06140 Vence, ItalyWeb site: www.scenarios-vision.comContact: Ute Hélène von ReibnitzTel.: +33 (0) 4 93 58 25 00/08; Mobile: +33 (0) 6 74 59 29 94; Fax: +33 (0) 4 93 58 68 30; E-mail: reibnitz@scenarios-vision.comPublications: Publications in English, French and German listed on the Web page; Scenario Techniques, order via the webpage
Schriefer Management	Address: 46 Davis Court, Concord, MA 01742, USAWeb site: www.schriefer.comContact: Audrey SchrieferTel.: +1 978 369 9221; E-mail: audrey@schriefer.comPublications: Strategy & Leadership, "Trends in scenario planning: what's hot and what's not", Jul/August 1999; Learning from the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenarios, John Wiley & Sons, November 1997 (Fahey & Randall): Chapter 8: "Dynamic scenarios", with E. Ward; Chapter 23: "Introducing scenarios to the corporation"
Shell international Limited	Address: Global Business Environment, Shell International Limited, Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, UKWeb site: http://www.shell.com/scenariosContact: Ged Davis (Vice President)Tel.: +44 (0)20 7934 3226; Fax: 7406; E-mail: Ged.Davis@Shell.comPublications: "Scenarios as a tool for the 21st century" and "People and connections", Global Scenarios to 2020 (both available from Web site)
Skylight Associates LLP	Address: 29 Appleton Street, Boston, MA 02116, USAWeb site: www.skylightassociates.comContact: David MasonTel.: +1 617 510 0013; E-mail: dave@skylightassociates.comPublications: "Tailoring scenario planning to the company culture", in Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 31 No. 2, March/April 2003
Smg Consulting	Address: Box 5661, 114 86 Stockholm, SwedenWeb site: www.smg.seContact: Lennart Nordfors (Senior Partner)Tel.: +46 8507 43221, +46 8507 43201; E-mail: lennart.nordfors@smg.se, info@smg.sePublications: "Internet revolutions" by Lennart Nordfors and Bert Levin available at www.smg.se
SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research	Address: University of Sussex, Freeman Centre, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RF, UKWeb site: www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/environment.htmlContact: Dr Frans BerkhoutTel.: +44 (0)1273 877 130; E-mail: f.berkhout@sussex.ac.ukPublications: Berkhout, F., Hertin, J. and Jordan, A., "Socio-economic futures in climate change impact assessment: using scenarios as 'learning machines'", Global Environmental Change, Vol. 11, 2002, pp. 83-95; Berkhout, F. and Hertin, J., "Foresight futures scenarios – developing and applying a participative strategic planning tool", Greener Management International [Special issue on foresighting and innovative approaches to sustainable development planning] 2003 (In Press)
SRI Consulting Business Intelligence	Address: 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USAWeb site: http://www.sric-bi.com/consulting.shtmlContact: William Ralston (VP of Consulting)Tel.: +1 650 859 3537; E-mail: wralston@sric-bi.comPublications: "Visioning (and preparing for) the future: the introduction of scenarios-based planning into statoil", Per Stokke, Thomas Boyce, William Ralston and Ian Wilson, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 40, pp. 73-86 (1991); "How companies use scenarios: practices and prescriptions", Thomas Mandel and Ian Wilson, published as part of SRI International's Business Intelligence Program in spring 1993, Report No. 822
St. Andrews Management Institute	Address: 152 Tachbrook Street, London SW1V 2NE, UKContact: Adrian DaviesTel.: +44 (0)207 630 1104; E-mail: ahtdavies@st-andrews-management-institute.co.ukPublications: "Corporate social responsibility", in CSR Monitor, February 2003
Strategy & Leadership	Address: 32 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118, USAWeb site: www.emeraldinsight.comContact: Robert M. Randall (Editor)E-mail: RRandallPublishing@cs.comPublications: Learning from the Future, Liam Fahey and Robert M. Randall, Willey, 1998; The Portable MBA in Strategy, 2nd ed., Liam Fahey and Robert M. Randall, Wiley, 2001
Scenario Management International	Address: Klingenderstr. 10-14, D-33100 Paderborn, GermanyWeb site: www.scmi.deContact: Alexander Fink (Director)Tel.: +49 (0)5251 150 570; E-mail: fink@scmi.dePublications: Alexander Fink, "Scenarios to plans", in Gill Ringland, Scenarios in Business, Wiley, Chichester, UK, 2002
Tenaglia & Company	Address: 405 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421, USAWeb site: www.tenaglia.comContact: Mason Tenaglia (Managing Director)Tel.: +1 781 861 6194; E-mail: Mason@tenaglia.comPublications: Mason Tenaglia and Patrick Noonan, "Scenario-based strategic planning: a process for building top management consensus", Planning Review (March/April 1992), pp. 12-19; Mason Tenaglia and Patrick Noonan, "How information technology helps scenarios advance from consensus to decisiveness", Fahey & Randall, Learning from the Future, Wiley, 1998
University of Teesside	Address: Teesside Business School, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BA, UKWeb site: http://tbs.tees.ac.uk/tedfullerContact: Ted Fuller (Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Foresight)Tel.: +44 (0)1642 342905/2885; E-mail: ted.fuller@tees.ac.uk

Editor's note: A number of these scenario innovators were the authors of articles on scenario development planning that appeared in the previous two issues of Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 31 No. 1 and No. 2.