Kees van der Heijden

Kees van der Heijden

"Kees is a professor of general and strategic management at the Graduate Business School of Strathclyde University, Glasgow, the author of Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation, Territories Scenario planning, learning, and strategic conversation; strategy development and management; energy/oil industries and a GBN cofounder. His practice focuses on the emergence of institutional strategic thinking and learning. Prior to '91, he headed the business environment division of Group Planning at Royal Dutch/Shell, London where he oversaw scenario planning. This included monitoring and analyzing the business environment and communicating with top management on strategic implications. Previously, he headed Shell's internal strategic consultancy group, assisting management teams in strategy development and implementation. Kees joined Shell in the Hague in 1957 and spent many years abroad in operating companies in Manila, Singapore, and Curacão, mostly in activities concerned with commercial planning, economics, and corporate planning and strategy."


 * Founding Fellow, International Futures Forum
 * Cofounder, Global Business Network