Willis Harman was President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in California. The Institute is a nonprofit research and educational organization founded in 1973. Its purpose is to expand knowledge of the nature and potentials of the mind, and apply that knowledge to the advancement of health and well-being for humankind and the planet.
For 16 years prior to assuming that post, he was a Senior Social Scientist at SRI International. He initiated a program on futures research, exploring the national and global future. In this capacity he worked on long-term strategic planning and policy analysis for an assortment of corporations, government agencies, and international organizations.
Harman was also emeritus professor of Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California.
Harman received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington and an MS in Physics and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He taught for several years at the University of Florida before joining the Stanford faculty in 1952. He was a Fulbright lecturer on statistical communication theory at the Royal Technical University.
Dr. Harman was the author of numerous texts and papers in various aspects of electrical and systems engineering, futures research, social policy and analysis, and the current societal transition.
Harman was also emeritus professor of Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California.
Harman's commitment to raising consciousness in business was no more evident than his being the founding visionary of the World Business Academy, serving on its board of directors until he discovered his illness in late 1996.
WillisHarman is a futurist, strategic planner, and former professor of engineering and economic systems at Stanford University.
Willis: The answer centers on the organizational change that is taking place in response to the changes in people over the last one or two generations.
Willis: It seems to me that there are some long-term destructive forces, whether it's damage to the Earth's life support system or the destruction of the social order - which is leading to more and more people being marginalized, while a handful of people live high on the hog, and the middle class gets squeezed.
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