Researching Pierre Wack
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 20 people with the Wack surname? In that year Wack was ranked number 3559 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Pierre means "Form of PETER. A Rock" and is of French origin.
Records of Pierre Wack on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Pierre Wack and the Wack Family History
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Pierre Wack
Pierre Wack (1922–1997) was an unconventional French oil executive who was the first to develop the use of scenario planning in the private sector, at Royal Dutch Shell’s London headquarters in the 1970s. So successful was he that the Anglo-Dutch oil giant was able to anticipate not just one Arab-induced oil shock during that decade, but two.His 1985 articles "Scenarios: Uncharted Waters Ahead" and "Scenarios: Shooting the Rapids" are considered among the first to bring the thoughts and theories of futurist Herman Kahn into business strategy.Thanks to his work for de Beers Co in South of Africa, he met Nelson Mandela and participate at the end of apartheid.
A biography was written in 2017 about Pierre Wack by Thomas J. Chermack that details his life history as well as the evolution of scenario planning during his time at Shell and beyond. The book also details his work with de Beers and Anglo American Corporation in South Africa as well as his work on scenarios that tackled the end of apartheid.
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