Lawrence Wilkinson

Lawrence Wilkinson, a co-founder of Common Sense Media, is chairman of Heminge & Condell, an investment and strategic advisory firm, and co-founder of Global Business Network (GBN), both based in San Francisco. Through H&C, Mr. Wilkinson is involved in venture-formation work and is a director of and counselor to a number of companies he helped create, among them GBN, Oxygen Media, Ealing Studios, Design Within Reach, Mercantila, and Character.

Prior to his involvement in GBN and Oxygen, Mr. Wilkinson was president of Colossal Pictures and oversaw its activities worldwide, along with those of its affiliates and subsidiaries, including Pixar, Konnick, USFX, and Big Pictures. Mr. Wilkinson helped found and served as a director of Wired Ventures, the parent of Wired and HotWired/Wired Online.

Mr. Wilkinson has authored and edited numerous publications and Harvard Business School case studies, ranging from Public Broadcasting in the U.S. (Harvard Business School Press) to The Cambridge Milton (Cambridge University Press). He is the author of “How to Build Scenarios” (Wired, 1995) and The Future of Shopping (forthcoming). Mr. Wilkinson has authored several of the GBN Scenario Books, including leading GBN’s work on The Future of Media, The Future of Brands, The Future of Design, The Future of Advertising, The Future of Entertainment, The Future of Retailing, and The Future of R&D.

Mr. Wilkinson graduated with honors from Harvard Business School, Oxford University, and Davidson College.