Dr Bruce Lloyd, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management
London South Bank University

Bruce Lloyd spent over 20 years in industry and finance before joining the academic world a decade ago to help establish the Management Centre at what is now London South Bank University. He has a degree in Chemical Engineering; a MSc (Economics)/MBA from the London Business School, and a PhD for his work on "The Future of Offices and Office Work: Implications for Organisational Strategy". He was a Member of the CMI Council 1983-94; Chairman, Audit Committee 1987-1990, Chairman’s Committee 1987-1990; Member of Economic and Social Committee 1991-1997; Member of Institute "Leadership Research Panel" 2000-2001 and Panel Member on "Leading Change in the Public Sector".

Since the late 1960's he has written extensively (about 200 published articles) on a wide range of strategy/futures related issues, including articles exploring the link between "Leadership, Power and Responsibility" and, more recently, the relationship between "Leadership, Wisdom, Knowledge Management and Organisational Performance." He has undertaken over 30 interviews on leadership for LODJ, as well others for The Tomorrow Project Bulletin. He was also the UK Coordinator for "The Millennium Project" 1999-2005 and has been active in the "futures industry," since he first wrote a pamphlet on "UK Energy Policy" in the 1960’s. He is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists, the World Future Society, and the World Futures Studies Federation, an Advisory Board Member of Shaping Tomorrow, and has been the Review Editor of Long Range Planning for over a decade, as well as a regular reviewer for Professional Manager. Dr. Lloyd has been very active in exploring the themes of wisdom, leadership, the future, and the wise society, and the various connections among these concepts. See http://wisdompage2.wordpress.com/about/ and http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/papers/lloyd_wisdom.htm and he has compiled an extensive list of wisdom quotes from around the world: http://www.wisdompage.com/LloydWisdomQuotesAtoD.html.