N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Engaging in risk management and scenario planning is also paramount. It is important to create detailed emergency plans that cover various potential outcomes, such as supply chain disruptions, sudden shifts in demand, or regulatory changes.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Different from experiments that “reveal immediate internal features of a complex system, scenarios explore where the internal organization meets the external environment, where uncertainties lurk beyond anyone’s control.”. Scenario planning always surfaces conflict and there is always a moment when everything seems to fall apart.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Scenario planning was first popularized by Herman Khan in the 1950s at the RAND corporation as a way to describe the future by outlining various ways in which it could potentially unfold. ” Scenarios of your life. It’s an approach that futurist April Rinne believes can equally be applied to our careers.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In their annual survey on the management and planning tools used by thousands of companies around the world, Bain and Company show a consistent and deserved popularity of scenario planning. Those who know scenario planning know that its value isn’t in “predicting the future.” Some companies do.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 12, 2024

Scenario Planning : Use scenario planning to anticipate how different solutions might perform under various future conditions. This includes considering costs, resources, time, and possible impacts on other projects or departments. This can help you choose the most robust solution.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 13, 2024

These methods usually include mentoring, executive coaching, experiential learning, and scenario planning, all of which aim to enhance a leader’s ability to strategize, manage teams, maximize productivity, maintain positive relationships, and foster innovative thinking within the organization.

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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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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Engaging in scenario planning or gaming is not to make accurate predictions, but “the very act of trying to imagine alternatives to the conventional view helps you perceive your options more clearly.” To make good decisions, we need to make those kinds of imaginative leaps. Johnson prescribes simulations to do just that.

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Lead from Within

JULY 25, 2024

For instance, I worked with a CEO who regularly conducted scenario planning exercises with his team, helping them navigate a major industry shift with minimal disruption. As a result, they consistently stay ahead of the curve, quickly adapt, and successfully maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving business environment.

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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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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Regularly engage in scenario planning and seek out opportunities to tackle strategic challenges. The ability to think strategically is a hallmark of effective leadership. Hone your capacity to analyze complex situations, anticipate future trends, and make well-informed, big-picture decisions. Enhance Your Communication Skills.

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

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. Running the plays requires urgency; developing the playbook requires patience.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Generative AI can help organizations overcome inherent shortcomings in conventional processes for performing contingency scenario planning. This article explores how the technology can do that and provides an example: a simulation that the authors conducted.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Succession Planning and Scenario Planning AI can help organizations model various succession planning and talent management scenarios, stress-testing leadership bench strength and identifying potential gaps.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 14, 2024

By forecasting potential outcomes and scenarios, you can proactively adapt your strategies and make decisions that position your organization for success. Scenario Planning : AI can simulate multiple scenarios and assess the potential impact of different decisions.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 19, 2020

Scenario planning. The researchers simulated a number of different scenarios to try and gauge the impact different approaches to social distancing might have, both in terms of the number of people requiring inpatient and critical care, and those who ultimately die of the virus.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2023

Leaders of companies with operations in Russia share how they’ve navigated new and unexpected challenges during the war in Ukraine.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 24, 2025

Reverse mentoring, scenario planning and design thinking workshops all encourage people to question assumptions and reframe problems in new ways. Take this short quiz to find out! L&D can support a growth mindset in the long term by designing learning experiences that push participants out of their comfort zones.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Moore and Bazerman cite the example of game theory as a good way to test out how situations may unfold but you might also use things like scenario planning or red teaming to better imagine various different futures and the things that contribute to their unfolding.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2020

A conversation with consultant Peter Scoblic on scenario planning lessons from the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 22, 2020

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. Leaders who endure through challenge after challenge are learners at their core and they soak up knowledge from everywhere and everyone.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

The Empathy Map looks like this: In this chapter the authors walk you through processes to arrive a enhanced design like Customer Insights, ideation, providing an introduction to the value of visual thinking, how to use prototyping, story telling, and Scenario Planning.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hiring managers must consider scenario planning to surmise all possible outcomes and device strategies to address each of these different possibilities. This workforce strategy may motive employees to learn new skills, and at the same time give them a sense of job security. Managing workforce in times of disruption.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2024

Start by proactively envisioning worst-case scenarios through brainstorming sessions, scenario planning, and risk assessments. From the takeoff and landing of a space shuttle to managing uncontrollable bleeding in the operating room, there are vital lessons to be learned from these industries and adapted into others.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And fourth, scenario plan so that you have clear options for moving forward. Second, openly acknowledge that a setback has occurred to prevent backsliding. Third, adopt a growth mindset to help others strive for improvement instead of getting stuck on autopilot.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2024

Just as archers practice visualization and cognitive reframing to manage stress and maintain composure in challenging situations, leaders can also use scenario planning and self-talk to become more resilient.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

The uncertainty unleashed by the pandemic reinforced that strategic thinking is needed more than ever, and clients will continue to pay top dollar for contingency planning, scenario planning, and business strategy.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 12, 2023

Providing Foresight to Turn Fear into Fuel for Future-Proofing Your Business GUEST POST from Teresa Spangler As a business leader, it’s crucial to have a futurist vision and navigate the world of extreme consequences with optimism.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 2, 2023

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia Smart organizations make an investment in the pursuit of future studies as part of their innovation activities.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Have you done scenario planning of measures beyond your immediate control, i.e. external factors which profoundly impact your livelihood? Do performance measures provide an early warning system for problems? How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Have you prioritized and fully defined key measures and non-key measures?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

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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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

Through his unique lens, he came to create what we know as scenario planning — a widely used strategic planning practice that now spans all sectors. An HBR contributor, he wrote two seminal articles about Shell and scenario planning in 1985. Planning well, in his estimation, required “training the mind.”

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 10, 2019

One issue has been on my mind for quite some time. Let me share with you a key learning from my innovation work in and with diverse companies over the years. It can be termed pretty catchy as: Window of Corporate Opportunity. In brief, this notion can be delineated as follows: Sustainable, effective and impactful corporate innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Obviously the stock market, and more importantly, the economy in general has a big impact on innovation. But whether or not it makes sense from a long term vision, investment in innovation is often one of the first places to get hit when money gets tight. We have all got somewhat used to a.

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