The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The value of thought diversity is well documented, but often we can become so enamored with our own culture, our own intelligence, and our own way of doing things that we effectively block out any diverse opinions. That’s seldom the case if only we were better at paying attention to the signals around us.

Game Theory 84

Game Theory Scenario Planning Diversity Document 84

Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Would you share one of your many examples of putting it in action? 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.

Storytelling 124

Storytelling How To Audience Scenario Planning 124

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.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

On a personal level, leaders are taking note of empirical research documenting meditation’s potential for reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, and improving emotional regulation. Google’s Chade-Meng Tan , has developed dozens of such workplace meditation modules that could fit neatly into planning retreats.

Strategy 8

Strategy Goleman Strategic Planning Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

This phenomenon has been documented in the consumer-packaged-goods , food , semiconductor-manufacturing , and other industries. For example , U.S. Wholesale volumes will be more volatile than retail volumes, manufacturing volumes will be more volatile than wholesale volumes, and supplier volumes will be more volatile still.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

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. But there is a problem: there is no data about the future.

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning CIO Planning Uncertainty 8