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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.

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Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader. How is it possible for three months of crisis management ineptitude to occur in an organization the size of BP with a product as environmentally toxic as oil? You’d think a company drilling on the ocean’s floor would be adept in risk management planning. Main menu Home.

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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. Essentially, they serve as the guiding light, steering the organization toward its goals and objectives.

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The Death of Supply Chain Management

Harvard Business Review

To make the best decisions, managers need access to real-time data about their supply chain, but the limitations of legacy technologies can thwart the goal of end-to-end transparency. New digital technologies that have the potential to take over supply chain management entirely are disrupting traditional ways of working.

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4 Signs That Your Focus Is Holding You Back at Work

Harvard Business Review

They have to manage their brain’s energy demands , timing their work so that their energy levels peak only when necessary. This management of energy often requires switching between focus and unfocus. Not Reaching Your Goals. Imagining your goals helps you reach them. Not Operating at Your Peak.

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How to Overcome Strategic Leadership Challenges

Center for Creative Leadership

To think strategically is the ability to prioritize and manage paradox given the complex relationship between the organization and its market ecosystem.? 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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Navigating the Complexities of Doing Business in Russia

Harvard Business Review

and European elections, to management of the Syrian War, it’s clear that relations between the West and Russia have become increasingly hostile. Furthermore, economic decision-making has become increasingly politicized as the government has prioritized political goals (i.e. Jennifer Maravillas for HBR.