Jay Ogilvy began his career teaching philosophy at Williams College and Yale University.
In 1979 he joined Peter Schwartz at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), and then assisted Peter and the scenario team at Shell in the early 1980s. In 1987 Peter and Jay cofounded Global Business Network together with Stewart Brand, Napier Collyns, and Lawrence Wilkinson. Jay is the author or editor of eight books including Many Dimensional Man, and Creating Better Futures.