Appendix 2. Leaders - Exemplary Foresight Practitioners and Organizations
Large Companies (500+ Employees) Doing Leading Foresight Work (non-Government, Defense, or Consulting)
Organizational foresight leaders and previous leaders (“prev.”) are listed below in bold, where known. Check LinkedIn Advanced Search, using org name and relevant foresight terms (strategy, foresight, forecasting, design, innovation, scenarios, etc.), org site search, (site:domainname searchstring) and general Google search to find current and past foresight leaders at each org. Use multiple negatives to eliminate urls or terms you don’t want, and use quotes to get exact phrases, like “strategic foresight” and “future of”.
For example, the search phrase [site:apple.com -itunes.apple.com -discussions.apple.com “future of”], without the brackets, will let you search Apple’s big home site, removing the itunes rapper Future and their discussion forums from the results. You’ll find things where even the notoriously secretive Apple folks have said things publicly on the future, and contact sources as well.
| Company | Foresight Leaders; Company Description | Region (HQ) |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Karl Isaac; Multinational computer software company. | 1 (San Jose, CA) |
| Altria | Leah Newcomb; Multi-brand tobacco products company. | 1 (Henrico Co, VA) |
| Amazon | Jeff Bezos, CEO; World’s largest e-commerce co. Also in web services and electronics. | 1 (Seattle, WA) |
| AMP | Annalie Killian (prev.), Catalyst; Wealth management leader in Aus and NZ. | 10 (Sydney, Australia) |
| Apple | Tim Cook, CEO; Global consumer electronics and software company. | 1 (Cupertino, CA) |
| Assurant | Karen Oettl; Property, casualty, life, and health insurance. | 1 (New York, NY) |
| BASF | Aristobulo Loaiza. Largest chemical company in the world. | 3 (Ludwigshafen, DE) |
| Beam Suntory | Kevin George; Premium wines and spirits multinational. | 1 (Deerfield, IL) |
| Bejing Genomics Inst | Leading provider of sequencing to pharma and health care indust. | 7 (Shenzhen, HK) |
| BMW Group | Joseph Koester, Head of Customer Foresight; Automotive | 3,1(Munich,DE,MV,CA) |
| Boise | John Unger, Forecast Leader S&OP; Paper and packaging. | 1 (Boise, ID) |
| Bosch | Julia Bossman (prev.), Research; Global electronics & engrg conglomerate. | 3 (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| BT (British Telecom) | Jean-Marc Frangos, Innovation group; Global telecom provider. | 3 (London, UK) |
| CEMEX Ireland | Roger Gonzalez; Concrete products and construction. | 3 (Dublin, Ireland) |
| CenterPoint Energy | Natural gas distribution and fleet bi-fuel conversion leaders. | 1 (Houston, TX) |
| Cision | Ann Feeney; Information Retrieval Specialist; PR software. | 1 (Chicago, IL) |
| Cisco Systems | Dave Evans, Chief Futurist; Networking equipment. | 1 (San Jose, CA) |
| Coca Cola | Simon Clarke, Dir. of Forecasting, Coca Cola Co.; Food, Beverages | 1 (Atlanta, GA) |
| Daimler | Johann Jungwirth, Christian Neuhaus. Autos and financial services. | 3 (Stuttgart, DE) |
| Danfoss | Tom Kappel, Director of Strategy; Fluid control equip. 23,000 emps. | 3 (Nordborg,Denmark) |
| Dell | Doug Reeder; Multinational computer technology company. | 1 (Round Rock, TX) |
| Deutsche Telekom | Stefan Kohn; Telecommunications and mobile (T-Mobile) technology. | 3 (Bonn, Germany) |
| Disney | McKay Curtis, Joe Tankersley; Walt Disney Imagineering | 1 (Orlando, Florida) |
| DuPont | Gil Meyer, Dir, Global Issues & Trend Analysis; Chemicals | 1 (Hayward, CA) |
| Ericsson | Jorgen Wetterberg; Telecom & IT. Enabling the Networked Society. | 3 (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| World’s leading online social networking and microblogging platform. | 1 (Menlo Park, CA) | |
| Ford Motor Co | Sheryl Connelly, Dir, Global Trends; Automotive | 1 (Detroit, MI) |
| Foxconn | World’s largest electronics contract mfgr. and robotics user. | 9 (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| General Electric | Ian Miles, Willliam Ruh; American multinational conglomerate. | 1 (Fairfield, CT) |
| General Motors | Rick Holman; Multinational in vehicles and financial services. | 1 (Detroit, MI) |
| Astro Teller, Sergey Brin, Google X; Internet-related services | 1 (Mountain View, CA) | |
| Hershey | Lina Yang, Dir. Strategic Foresight; Chocolate manufacture | 1 (Hershey, PA) |
| Hewlett Packard | Wendy Hermelink, Customer Experience Architect; IT. | 1 (Palo Alto,CA) |
| IBM | John Kelley, Jim Spohrer, Bernie Myerson, Susan Puglia; IT and Consulting | 1 (Armonk, NY) |
| Illumina | Gene sequencing, genotyping, and gene expression leader. | 1 (San Diego, CA) |
| Infosys | Broda Hellmuth; Consulting, technology, and outsourcing solutions. | 3 (Basel, Switzerland) |
| Intel | Brian David Johnson, Futurist; Microprocessors | 1 (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Kellogg | Natalie Schoch, Dir. of Trends and Knowledge Mgmt; Consumer food. | 1 (San Jose, CA) |
| Korea Telecom | Yongseok So, Korea Telecom Future Society Research; Mobile/LTE. | 9 (Seoul, S. Korea) |
| Lego Group | Lauge Valentin, Dir. of Forecasting; Toys, experiences, teaching. | 3 (Billund, Denmark) |
| Lowes | Mark Tietbohl; Retail Home Improvement and Appliances | 1 (Mooresville, NC) |
| Lilydale | Michael Senchuk, Mgr, Planning & Analysis; Consumer food. | 1 (Edmonton, AB) |
| Longview Solutions | Corporate performance mgmt, financial planning & forecasting. | 1 (Markham, ON) |
| Marriott International | Jamilya Kasymova, Mgr. Strat Projects & Forecasting; Hospitality | 1 (Bethesda, MD) |
| McGraw Hill Educ. | Maria Andersen (prev.), Learning and EdTech; Publishing, Games | 1 (Columbus, OH) |
| Microsoft | Global computer software, services, consumer electronics company. | 1 (Redmond, WA) |
| NBCUniversal | Charles Kennedy, VP, Research & Insights; Television Network | 1 (New York, NY) |
| Netflix | Reed Hastings, CEO; World’s leading internet television network. | 1 (Los Gatos, CA) |
| Nike | Multinational making and selling footwear, apparel, accessories. | 1 (Beaverton, OR) |
| PepsiCo | Manoj Fenelon, Pamela Forbus; US Multinational food and beverage. | 1 (Purchase, NY) |
| Philips | Marco Bevolo, Urban Futures; Consumer & Industrial Electronics | 3 (Amsterdam, NL) |
| Pitney Bowes | Wayne Pethrick (prev.), Innovation Group; B2B Doc Automation; 16K emps | 1 (Stamford, CT) |
| Premier Oil | Henry Miriam, Strategy and Planning Analyst; Oil & gas. | 3 (London UK) |
| Procter & Gamble | Laurie Heltsley; US multinational consumer goods company. | 1 (Cincinnati, OH) |
| Rocket Internet | e-Commerce focused VC and startup incubator. In 50 countries. | 3 (Berlin, Germany) |
| SAIC & Leidos | Hannah Johnson; SAIC Gaming Center. Employee owned contractor. Supports DNI/NIC Global Trends. | 1 (McLean, VA) |
| Samsung | Jongchae (Jeff) Oh, Futures Researcher; Consumer electronics. | 1 (Seoul, South Korea) |
| SAS | Udo Sglavo, Michael Gilliland; Stats, analytics, biz intell. software. | 1 (Cary, NC) |
| Saudi Aramco | Thomas Hogan, HR Analyst; Oil and natural gas production. | 4 (Dhahran,SdArabia) |
| Shell Global | James Schofield, Scenarios Group; Energy | 3 (Hague,Netherlands) |
| Siemens | Ulf Pillkahn, Strategic Foresight; Electronics & engrg conglomerate. | 3 (Munich, Germany) |
| Statefarm | Todd Binion; Insurance and financial services company. | 1 (Bloomington, IL) |
| Swiss Re | Reto Schneider, Head, Emerging Risk Mgmt; Reinsurance | 3 (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| Tesla Motors | Elon Musk, CEO; Electric vehicles and electric powertrain components. | 1 (Palo Alto, CA) |
| Timken Company | Mark Fibranz; Prog Dev Manager; Global steel & bearing manufactuer. | 1 (St. Louis, MI) |
| WGSN | Apparel, interior, and consumer product trend forecasting. | 2 (London, UK) |
| WME | Innovative global media talent, entertainment and literary agency. | 1 (Beverly Hills, CA) |
| Xiaomi | Consumer electronics. Global leader in android smartphones. | 7 (Beijing, China) |
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