Scenario Planning

Scenario Planning – the link between future and strategy

The first years of the new millennium have clearly pointed to the need to prepare for the unknown and uncertain futures. The dangers of failing to do this were shown in the aftermath of an insane race on the world stock markets. ICT and telecom shares hit new highs every week, but a year later they hit historic lows.

Could the downturn have been foreseen and prepared for, and thus even capitalised on? We believe so. Much of what happened was not unthinkable: it could have been pinpoined with the use of scenario planning.

In this book, we introduce the thinking behind scenario planning and provide our readers with some concepts, models and tools to take back to their own companies. It is based on almost two decades of experience of using scenario planning as a strategic tool. In this time, in ourcapacity as consultants, we have guided multinationals and medium-sized companies as well as government departments and non-governmental organisations in these approaches.

Mats Lindgren and Hans Bandhold, Palgrave Macmillan 2003

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_{"Given the recent rise of uncertainty, writing a book about scenario planning is a brave move. However, Mats Lindgren and Hans Bandhold have done a great job in breaking down the elements of scenario planning and explaining why those elements are there and how they all interlink. They offer a multitude of tools, techniques and models for almost every situation an organisation could face and offer advice on how to use them effectively."}

Reviewed by Steve Towells on behalf of the Strategic Planning Society. Steve is transaction manager in the legal department of Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc and a Trustee of the SPS.