Scenario planning

You’re trying to shape the future, but the future is uncertain. Scenarios can help people to anticipate, make sense of, and learn about the future. By accepting uncertainty, you can become better at developing strategy and making it work.

Scenario planning

Scenario planning

How to use

List assumptions you’re making about the future (C) for your intended strategy to work. Consider what has to happen inside and outside your company to be successful. Identify the most uncertain and the most impactful assumptions. Then start playing imaginatively with trends and traditions to explore new, non-obvious futures.

All scenario planning should bring assumptions ...

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