The impact of unforeseen crises—such as economic depressions, natural disasters, and black swan events (i.e. the recent COVID-19 pandemic—is immense. Crises can paralyze organizations and economies alike. These times are certainly anything but business as usual for almost all organizations. There are safety concerns everywhere. People have restricted movement, business activities slow down, and cash […]
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Scenario Planning: Oxford Approach
Contributed by Mark Bridges on May 26, 2022 in Management & Leadership, Strategy, Marketing, & Sales
Financial uncertainties, unpredictable national and international scenarios, environmental hazards, and technological breakthroughs have taken organizations by a surprise. This has led many leaders to turn to Scenario Planning in order to come up with multiple possible scenarios—instead of planning and devising strategy for a single possible event. Scenarios encompass plausible, but unpredictably important, situations and […]