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Scenario Planning vs. Forecasting: 6 Questions to Ask to Prepare for a Post-Pandemic Future

Leading Blog

There is often confusion between scenario planning and forecasting, with the terms used interchangeably and inconsistently. Scenario planning is focused on the future and involves defining different stories behind different paths that will lead to that future. passenger traffic for airlines).

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Board Performance Optimization: Beyond Compliance Towards Excellence

N2Growth Blog

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. One may question the value of these improvement strategies without a system to measure their success effectively.

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Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

Leading Blog

“What the map should ultimately reveal is a set of potential paths, given the variables at play in the overall system. And the best way to develop that vision is to get different pairs of eyes on the problem.” Figuring out which path to take requires other tools.” It requires a bit of humility as well.

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How to Become a Master Persuasive Storyteller

Skip Prichard

Because most of this process is unconscious, we tend not to recognize how powerful our visual system is. Would you share one of your many examples of putting it in action? Online remote meeting software, touchscreen monitors, and new shared document systems have shown us that all-remote all the time can work well.

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CIOs: Scenario Planning Can Save Your Job

Harvard Business Review

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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A Better Approach to Infrastructure Planning

Harvard Business Review

For proposed projects to gain traction, various stakeholders must be aligned; chief among these are the companies that rely on transportation systems to connect them to customers and suppliers, and the government planners responsible for building these trade arteries. More often, however, it’s for lack of agreement on what should be done.

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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

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.