Arie de Geus (11 August 1930 – 9 November 2019) was a Dutch business executive, business theorist and scenario planner,^[1] who was the head of Royal Dutch Shell's Strategic Planning Group and was a public speaker.

Life and work

De Geus was born in Rotterdam on 11 August 1930.^[2] He joined Royal Dutch/Shell in 1951 and remained there until his retirement in 1989. After he retired, de Geus was a visiting fellow of London Business School and worked with MIT's Center for Organizational Learning. He died on 9 November 2019.^[2]

Publications

• "The Living Company" Nicholas Brealey, London (1997)

Articles, a selection:

• "The Living Company," Harvard Business Review, 1997; winner of the McKinsey Award
• "Companies: What Are They?" Lecture Royal Society of Arts, 1995
• "Planning as Learning" Harvard Business Review (1988)