Today for Tomorrow: A Field Guide to Scenario Planning

How do you plan for an unknowable future? That's the question everyone's asking. Just take a look around: supply chain disruptions, material and product shortages, rising costs. Disruption after disruption. Uncertainty everywhere.If you want to wrap your arms around a complex and rapidly changing world, you need a tool that can confidently prepare you for the long term.You need scenario planning. Today for Tomorrow walks you - step-by-step - through a powerful, structured process that helps you manage a future that can't be predicted, explore possibilities, and deal with complexity in a way that traditional, short-term planning simply can't.In this actionable, easy-to-follow book, you'll learn:- The ten stages of scenario planning - and foolproof ways to bring the scenarios you create to life- How scenarios can expand your mindset, limit groupthink, and challenge conventional wisdom- A framework that helps you eliminate bias and evaluate trends and weak signals- How to pinpoint a strong focal question and validate a scenario grid- Exactly where in the scenario planning process to apply the Goldilocks Principle - and why.Today for Tomorrow is a super practical resource any leader craving a more resilient, future-proof organization can pick up. Yes, you (and every small business, not-for-profit, and multinational corporation) can use scenario planning to take action today for a better future.

Pagina's: 138, Editie: 2nd ed., Paperback, Get It Done Productions