{"id":6425,"date":"2010-06-23T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T15:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=6425"},"modified":"2010-06-23T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-23T15:55:27","slug":"why-scenario-thinking-more-than-scenario-planning-is-critical-for-executives-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/06\/23\/why-scenario-thinking-more-than-scenario-planning-is-critical-for-executives-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Why scenario thinking (more than scenario planning) is critical for executives today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rossdawsonblog.com\/weblog\/archives\/2010\/06\/why_scenario_th.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Why scenario thinking (more than scenario planning) is critical for executives today<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from Ross Dawson<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The point is that scenario planning is a process that, done  ineffectively, does not challenge or change assumptions or beliefs about  what is likely to happen. Scenario thinking is an entirely different  matter. It is a state of mind where very different futures are seen as  plausible and possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">One of the most valuable outcomes of an effective scenario planning  process is that it fosters scenario thinking among the participating  executives. A good set of scenarios can be very valuable in setting  strategy. However<strong> <\/strong>if executives are stimulated by the process <strong>to think  in terms of possibilities rather than likelihoods, that can be far more  powerful <\/strong><em>(emphasis DSC).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Given the increasing pace of change in most industries, the timeframe  within which forecasting is useful is ever-shrinking. Building  effective scenario thinking capabilities is essential for being able to  build robust strategies and in all leadership development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why scenario thinking (more than scenario planning) is critical for executives today &#8212; from Ross Dawson The point is that scenario planning is a process that, done ineffectively, does not challenge or change assumptions or beliefs about what is likely to happen. Scenario thinking is an entirely different matter. It is a state of mind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36,35,74],"tags":[587,586,585,607,573,572],"class_list":["post-6425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-leadership","tag-future","tag-future-of-higher-education","tag-game-changing-environment","tag-leadership","tag-vision","tag-walmart-of-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6425"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6429,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425\/revisions\/6429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}