Today for Tomorrow
Maggie Kolkena
Author of Today for Tomorrow
How DO You Plan for an Uncertain Future?
Just take a look around: supply chain disruptions, material and product shortages, rising costs. Disruptions and disasters. 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:
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The ten stages of scenario planning — and foolproof ways to bring the scenarios you create to life
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How scenarios can expand your mindset, limit groupthink, and challenge conventional wisdom
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A framework that helps you eliminate bias and evaluate trends and weak signals
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How to pinpoint a strong focal question and validate a scenario grid