Hardin Tibbs is CEO of Synthesys Strategic Consulting, a UK-based management
consulting firm, and a GBN Network member. Previously Hardin was a senior
consultant with GBN in Emeryville, and he continues to work with GBN internationally.
Hardin specializes in futures analysis and strategy development, and is
an experienced scenario planner. In addition to his strategy work, Hardin
has made significant contributions on issues involving technology and
the environment.
Hardin's strategic consulting work has spanned a wide range of industries,
agencies, and institutions, including electricity, aviation, steel, insurance,
household products, food, biotechnology, urban infrastructure, natural
resources, taxation, transport and defense.
Before joining GBN, Hardin was a consultant at Arthur D. Little, Inc.,
the international management, technology, and environmental consulting
firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A typical engagement there involved
work on the design of a hand-held instrument for use by suited astronauts
on the NASA space station.
Hardin is the author of Industrial Ecology: An Environmental Agenda for
Industry (Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1991, and GBN 1993). This seminal paper
helped define industrial ecology, a new approach to industrial sustainability.
Hardin is also author of The Future of Light (Watkins, 1981), and Light
and Man's Health (LHRC, 1979), which surveyed research findings about
the effect of artificial lighting on human health.
Several popular non-fiction books have featured Hardin's work, including:
Biomimicry by Janine Benyus (William Morrow, 1997; pp. 239-254), The Ecology
of Commerce by Paul Hawken (Harper Collins, 1993; pp. 61-65), Out of Control
by Kevin Kelly (Addison Wesley, 1994; pp. 177-181), and The Millenium
Whole Earth Catalog edited by Howard Rheingold (Harper Collins, 1994;
p. 321).
Before spending several years in the United States and then Australia,
Hardin was an entrepreneur and consultant in England. He has an MSc in
management and a BA degree in industrial design engineering.