Jerome C. Glenn Explained

Jerome C. Glenn
Birth Date:9 August 1945
Alma Mater:Antioch University New England
Known For:Futures Wheel
The Millennium Project

Jerome C. Glenn (born August 9, 1945) is a futurist who serves as the executive director of the Millennium Project.[1] He has been the executive director of the American Council for the United Nations University (1988–2007) and the deputy director of Partnership for Productivity International.[2]

Early life

Glenn graduated from American University[3] with a BA in Philosophy (1968) and Antioch University New England with an MA in Teaching Social Science where he created Futuristic Curriculum (1971).[4] In 1972 Glenn invented the Futures Wheel, a new method of brainstorming about the future, and in 1973 he coined the term "futuring."[2] He was a Peace Corps Volunteer 1968 to 1970 focused on how tropical medicine and management can be used to combat leprosy; his efforts led Saturday Review to label Glenn as one of America's most gifted leaders in a 1974 article.[5]

Career

Jerome (Jerry) Glenn was the SYNCON coordinator for The Committee for the Future (1973-1975) and a founding partner of Future Options Room (FOR) in 1975 with Roy Mason and Scott Dankman Joy. FOR was one of the first futures consulting firms and had Alvin Toffler, Herman Kahn, Ted Gordon, and other leading futurists on its board.[6] Glenn helped to craft the section of the SALT II treaty (1979) that prohibited the USSR from deploying its Fractional Orbital Bombardment System.[7] In 1983 he created CARINET, a computer network that CGNET Services International later acquired, and through CARINET he introduced data packet switching to numerous countries in the developing world.[8] In 1996 Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon wrote a report in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution and the Futures Group (rebranded as Palladium International) about the feasibility of establishing a futures think tank; later that year he co-founded the Millennium Project,[9] an organization that evaluates 15 global challenges to the future of humanity.[10] He authors an annual publication, State of the Future, on behalf of the Millennium Project,[11] and in the book he uses a compilation of various methodologies in order to ensure effective forecasting.[12] As Director of the Millennium Project he consults governments, organizations, and corporations about his forecasting methodology and on other issues, such as defense and technology.[13] His work has been cited over 3,300 times according to Google Scholar.[14]

Futures Research Work

Opinions

Glenn believes nations should seek synergetic relations with others in addition to the traditional focus on completive advantage.[20] He also believes that horizontal organizational structures can sometimes be more effective than vertical ones. He declared, "The future of management is not based on a hierarchical structure, but on connecting different lines of action through nodes."[21] According to Glenn, such human cooperation is necessary in order to create collective intelligence.[22] Consequently, he has praised Wikipedia as a model for how to use international cooperation as a way to foster collective intelligence.[23]

Glenn also argues that the 15 global challenges that he identifies are all interrelated. From his perspective, improvements in one area (such as access to clean water) will lead to advances in others (such as the rich-poor gap). Hence, Glenn believes that these issues need to be solved simultaneously.[24] His preferred future is Conscious-Technology Civilization with a Self-Actualization Economy.[25] Glenn has also referred to the future of Africa: "Many tribal power zero-sum games will continue, but eventually, the African Union will become more effective and help the more peaceful development of the continent."[26]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Mackenzie, Iain How to predict the future BBC 31 October 2011
  2. http://www.ljubljanaforum.org/2011/speakers.html#Jerome_C_Glenn_The_Millennium_Project Future of Cities
  3. http://www.camara.cl/camara/media/bicentenario/cumbre_futuro/perfiles/eng/Jerome%20Glenn_eng.pdf Jerome C. Glenn
  4. Wiley, Sean The Alumni Magazine Antioch University New England Winter 2012
  5. https://www.un.org/ga/president/62/ThematicDebates/bios/glenn.shtml Addressing Climate Change
  6. http://107.22.164.43/millennium/jglenn.html Jerome C. Glenn, Executive Director
  7. http://www.dougengelbart.org/colloquium/biographies/bio_glenn.html#2 Jerome C. Glenn Executive director for the American Council for the United Nations University
  8. Cleveland, Cutler and Najam, Adil Making the Great Transformation The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University Fall 2003
  9. Dalby, Scott and Vries, Geert de State of the Future: Global futures research confronting the challenges of our times to build a better future for all humankind Amsterdam University College 6 February 2015
  10. http://www.mzz.gov.si/nc/en/newsroom/news/article/141/27574/ Minister Žbogar receives the Director of the Millennium Project, Jerome C. Glenn
  11. http://forum-astana.org/en/programma/p/30/709/ Prospection - The global economy of the 21st century
  12. http://www.rand.org/pardee/50books/the_future.html The Future
  13. McGuinness, Wendy Interview With Jerome C. Glenn McGuinness Institute
  14. Web site: Jerome Glenn. scholar.google.com.
  15. Web site: 2018-04-12 . Special Studies – Hidden Hunger: Unhealthy Food Markets in the Developing World – The Millennium Project . https://web.archive.org/web/20180412032423/https://www.millennium-project.org/special-studies/special-studies-hidden-hunger-unhealthy-food-markets-in-the-developing-world/ . dead . 2018-04-12 . 2024-07-11 .
  16. Web site: Project . The Millennium . World’s First Foresight Encyclopedic Dictionary Available to the Public . 2024-07-11 . . en.
  17. Web site: Special Studies - SIMAD and Lone Wolf . 2024-07-11 . The Millennium Project . en-US.
  18. Book: Glenn, Jerome Clayton . Work/technology 2050: scenarios and actions . 2019 . Millennium Project . 978-0-9882639-7-0 . Washington, DC, DC.
  19. Web site: About Us . 2024-07-11 . The Millennium Project . en-US.
  20. Web site: Zero-Sum Power Politics vs. Synergetic Politics for Human Security | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org.
  21. http://www.esadealumni.net/ea/archive/description_past_events?id_evento=255101 An Evening with Jerome C. Glenn, CEO Millennium Project
  22. http://www.wfs.org/worldfuture-2012/sessions/global-futures-collective-intelligence-system Global Futures Collective Intelligence System
  23. Munshi, Surendra Concerted Action Needed We_Magazine
  24. Glenn, Linda MacDonald Book Review: The State of the Future 2013-14 Humanity + 13 November 2014
  25. Kuusi, Osmo and Heinonen, Sirkka https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/19467567221101637 World Futures Review 18 May 2022
  26. Jerome Glenn: messenger of the future https://www.magazine21.press/2022/11/17/jerome-glenn-messenger-of-the-future/ Magazine21.press 17 November 2022

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