Next Level Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

Running the plays requires urgency; developing the playbook requires patience. Part of the work of leadership right now is to have the patience to bring people together to do some scenario planning and diagnostic work on how the world and your marketplace has changed during the pandemic.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 4, 2016

Scenario planning, a strategy first employed by Royal Dutch Shell, brings experts from a wide range of fields together to discuss actions if different scenarios take place. Scenario planning allows you to think out—in advance—various options.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 19, 2020

The researchers developed a mathematical model that was calibrated using the age distribution of covid-19 cases, alongside all those hospitalized and dying from the disease. Scenario planning. A safe distance. This allowed them to forecast the short and long-term impact of the lifting of various lockdown measures. “Our

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown, executives at Salesforce developed a long-term scenario-planning tool to help enterprise customers rediscover their decision-making confidence in a world turned upside down. Would you share one of your many examples of putting it in action?

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Separately, but on the same topic, a question for you, John: How do you feel about “scenario planning” exercises as a way to try to imagine and think through the most probable crises that may confront a particular company or organization? September 13, 2011 at 10:30 pm. Thanks for the comment, Paul.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Based on their work experience in the new role, they can inform the HR from an outsider’s perspective what skills a candidate needs from day one and what skills can be provided through proper training & development. As for the list of required skill set, organizations need to realize that many of these skills are transferable.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

It first influenced business decades ago, through the development of an unmistakably hard skill that senior managers must master: strategic planning. Leaders today would be wise to learn from the past and to view strategic planning and mindfulness together. Planning well, in his estimation, required “training the mind.”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The concept delves more deeply than mere regulatory compliance, stretching towards a proactive approach that involves risk anticipation, scenario planning, and sound decision-making processes. The essence of governance excellence lies in nurturing a culture that upholds transparency, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

The art of making farsighted decisions “with as much wisdom as possible lies not in forcing that map to match some existing template, but instead in developing the kind of keen vision required to see the situation as it truly is. And the best way to develop that vision is to get different pairs of eyes on the problem.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 22, 2020

Carefully developed long term plans can become obsolete overnight as we face futures that are undeniably different than what we anticipated. Rather than waiting to be caught by surprise, they revel in scenario planning, learning about future trends, and imagining how they can influence the world to their advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

But that technology is still in its early stages, and as it develops you can be sure that bad actors will be working on ways to defeat it. In addition, companies must begin to factor deep fakes and other reality-distortion techniques into their crisis-scenario planning.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

To minimize their negative impact, there are two steps that managers can take: Plan ahead (as much as you can). One way to reinforce this assumption is to engage in scenario planning before pulling the trigger, preferably by engaging people who will be affected by the change. Test the waters.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Read more from Korn Ferry: How to Develop Leaders Who Can Drive Strategic Change. Agile businesses run planning and execution in parallel, investing in scenario planning so they can act promptly when opportunities arise. But for traditional firms, they’re a whole new world. They are also prepared to take risks.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

These firsts-of-their-kind developments require unprecedented degrees of creativity.". The kind of thinking generated by scenario planning, video/war-gaming, and design thinking need to move from the margins of corporations and government organizations to core strategic positions.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

By using the technology to play the role of customer, investor, product developer, factory worker, and so on — making the kinds of choices they must make — board members could see the business (somewhat literally) from various stakeholders’ vantage points. (Some headsets really immerse you in the experience.)

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. They will not, it must be noted, alter how the role of manufacturing evolves as economies develop.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

These can be laid out in scenario plans with specific mitigation actions assigned to help businesses react quickly if necessary. Despite the turmoil in Russian-Western relations, having a plan to respond quickly can help multinationals weather, manage, or even capitalize on political developments.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Google’s Chade-Meng Tan , has developed dozens of such workplace meditation modules that could fit neatly into planning retreats. Explore alternative scenarios: It’s also possible to inject an element of mindfulness without meditating at all.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

It uses two currencies, the convertible Peso (CUP) valued on par with the dollar and fully tradeable, and the Cuban Peso (CUC) valued at a rate of 24:1 with the dollar, which creates severe constraints for the development of Cuba’s export sector.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government. Ensuring readiness for Games-time (in Olympic-speak) now involves strategic pre-emption through stress-testing and scenario planning.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Companies should anticipate this trend and start developing “value pricing” and less expensive products. Demand forecasting may become more challenging as demand patterns change, and companies may be advised to look into forecasting methods based on scenario planning rather than historical patterns.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Scenario planning is as essential for strategy formulation as it is for the design of next generation technologies and industries. Thinking in terms of scenarios forces people to rigorously examine fundamental assumptions and unexpected risks.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Business development. The process of strategy development is not esoteric. Next comes Crisis Planning. What-if scenario planning is similar to the processes utilized in overall company strategic planning and visioning. The crisis plan must be part of the bigger process, not an adjunct or afterthought.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Business development. Have you done scenario planning of measures beyond your immediate control, i.e. external factors which profoundly impact your livelihood? Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

The product of an MIT CTL research initiative called Future Freight Flows, it is a method of convening conversations and achieving alignment, based on the practice of scenario planning. This makes scenario planning an effective approach for long-range freight transportation planning.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2015

A way around this fallacy, we’ve found, is a speed-dating version of scenario planning, one that takes hours rather than months. For example, the group defined the education driver as “the degree to which US elementary through higher education has developed curricula to produce science and technical talent.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. But the sprint format isn’t just for development and design anymore. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Understand possible scenarios. After the Brexit team understands the broader impact of Brexit on the business, it needs to start scenario planning around potential developments of Brexit negotiations and the UK economy.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s about coming up with possible scenarios for the future given these developments. Futurists use tools that systematize these recommendations including scenario planning, environmental scanning, Delphi surveying, and individual software programs like Fibres, Futures Platform, and Athena.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power." In terms of scenario planning , firms would think about alternative paths.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

Similarly, directors of power companies need to understand how advances in energy storage and information technology will accelerate development of micro-grids and the decentralization of the electric grid.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

While consumer spending has proven resilient, with same-store retail sales rising 6% YOY in April , most multinational corporations are developing contingency plans to mitigate risks to their businesses and reassessing the country’s role in their global market portfolio and supply chains. Renegotiating NAFTA.

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