Global Business Network

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The Global Business Network is, according to its website: 'Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Global Business Network was founded in 1987 as a unique learning community based on ruthless curiosity, collaboration, and powerful new tools for thinking about and shaping the future.

GBN's network spans the globe, blending strategic thinkers from leading companies in established and emerging industries; visionaries from the sciences, arts, business, and academia; and a community of practice engaged in innovating and transferring tools for scenario thinking and strategic action. For over sixteen years GBN has convened this network, both electronically and in-person, to explore emerging issues and ideas and their implications for business and society.'

It is associated with the International Futures Forum and is linked to from the web patge of the Futures Forum

Funding

The GBN is funded by almost 200 large corporations includig many of the world's worst [1]: