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  Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation

  by Kees Van der Heijden

  Scenario planning allows companies to move away from linear thinking and better understand external change. Eight years (and 30,000 copies) after publication Scenarios is still acknowledged as the definitive work in the field. Now, Kees van der Heijden brings his bestseller up to date, following up on his original case studies and adding significant new material. The Second Edition changes focus slightly by... (more)
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  The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World

  by Peter Schwartz

  Presenting a revolutionary approach to developing strategic vision in business and in life, a guide for managers, entrepreneurs, and investors explains how to apply creative and intuitive skills to corporate practices. Reprint.
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  Scenario in Business

  by Gill Ringland

  As organizations operate in an increasingly complex and often confusing world, they find it even more difficult to plan. In this practical and comprehensive guide Gill Ringland shows how scenario thinking can help organizations think about uncertainty in a structured way and manage their own future. In use at Royal/Dutch Shell since the late 1960s, scenario thinking is now widely accepted as a valuable... (more)
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  The Sixth Sense: Accelerating Organisational Learning with Scenarios

  by Kees van der Heijden, Ron Bradfield, George Burt, George Cairns, George Wright

  This book is about organizational survival: the reasons why organizations do not always survive, and what can be done about it. Survival means creating value for stakeholders, and the survival problem starts with uncertainty, change and the need for organizations to adapt to shifting needs and market conditions. The key question is 'Why are organizations slow to change and adapt?' Unsuccessful organizations... (more)
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  Learning from the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenarios

  "Scenarios are now a part of every successful manager’s toolkit. This book is the first comprehensive guide to the latest developments in scenario thinking written by today’s leading practitioners in the field." —Napier Collyns, a pioneer of scenario planning at Dutch/Shell now Managing Director, Gloal Business Network (GBN) "In twenty years of helping companies create and plan for their futures, I have never come... (more)
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  Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning As a Tool for A Better Tomorrow

  by James A. Ogilvy

  As a founder and managing director of Global Business Network, James Ogilvy helped develop the technique of scenario planning, which has become an integral part of strategic thinking in both business and government. Now Ogilvy shows how we can use this cutting-edge method for social change in our own neighborhoods. In Creating Better Futures, Ogilvy presents a profound new vision of how the world is changing--and... (more)
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  Scenario Planning: The Link Between Future and Strategy

  by Mats Lindgren

  Recent research in the field of business strategy has shown that strategic flexibility can be achieved through a scenario planning perspective for long term competition and performance. The authors have drawn upon examples and cases to develop a new model for scenario planning that is closely integrated with strategy. They argue that the concept of scenario planning is as much an art as a practical management... (more)
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  Scenario Planning: Managing for the Future

  by Gill Ringland

  Scenario planning has received much top-level interest in the corporate sector as a way of realistically assessing the long-term future. Yet seldom are line managers included in initiatives, even though their exposure to customers and competitors means they often pick up subtle signals that are the first alert of changes to the operating environment. By exposing line managers to alternative scenarios,... (more)