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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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Use GenAI to Improve Scenario Planning

Harvard Business Review

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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When Scenario Planning Fails

Harvard Business Review

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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Exploring Alternate Futures Can Help Identify Future Leaders

N2Growth Blog

Scenarios and scenario-based planning are widely recognized as valuable tools in setting organizations’ visions and strategies. Shell is the most famed for their scenarios and their process for developing them and using them. Those who know scenario planning know that its value isn’t in “predicting the future.”

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Future-Proofing Your Strategy with Scenario Planning

Harvard Business Review

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

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Five Leadership Lessons from the Garden

Lead Change Blog

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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A Practical Approach to Managing Workforce During COVID-19

HR Digest

A structured strategy for managing workforce can bring consistency into overall operations during today’s challenging times by putting people first. At the heart of any organization’s talent management strategy is headcount planning to ensure that it has the right number of talent with the right skills.