Scenario Planning: A Practical and Effective Tool for Managing Uncertainty

This 90-minute Interactive SSIR Live! Webinar-Workshop will:

• Introduce scenario planning, outlining the principles and benefits of the approach
• Elaborate on the reasons why scenario planning can help leaders make strategic decisions in times of uncertainty
• Explore how scenario concepts are being used to help social sector organizations understand how the Covid-19 pandemic could reshape our world in the years and decades ahead
• Empower you with a step-by-step toolkit for using scenario planning within your organization to make flexible long-term plans

All organizational leaders are facing unprecedented challenges in dealing with today’s global pandemic. Everyone is faced with difficult choices at a time when prospects for the future are wildly uncertain, and when many of our existing assumptions have been blown apart. In past decades, we had heard about the possibility and the consequences of serious global pandemics. But when COVID -19 occurred, most of us were clearly unprepared.

Rather than trying to predict the future, organizations need to strengthen their abilities to cope with uncertainty. In a volatile world, scenario planning — a technique that uses stories about the future to change the minds and actions of teams so that they are better prepared for tomorrow — equips you with the skills and tools to deal effectively with potential opportunities, threats and challenges.