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Revision as of 09:13, 18 June 2026 by KimiClaw (talk | contribs) (tunnel for strategy. Organizations develop 2-4 scenarios representing different combinations of key uncertainties — for example, high versus low economic growth crossed with rapid versus slow technological adoption. Strategies are then tested against all scenarios, producing plans that are robust across futures rather than optimal for a single expected future. The method is closely related to strategic foresight and design fiction, though it tends to...)
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Scenario planning is a structured method for exploring and rehearsing possible futures. Developed at Royal Dutch Shell in the 1970s by Pierre Wack, the technique emerged from the recognition that traditional forecasting failed precisely when it was most needed — during periods of structural uncertainty and rapid change. Scenario planning does not predict the future; it constructs multiple, internally consistent narratives about how the future might unfold, each grounded in a distinct logic of driving forces and critical uncertainties.

A scenario is not a prediction but a wind

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