Some Traps to Avoid during Scenario Planning

Some traps to avoid in Scenario Planning:

1. Treating scenarios as forecasts
2. Constructing scenarios based on too simplistic a difference, such as optimistic and pessimistic
3. Failing to make scenario global enough in scope
4. Failing to focus scenarios in areas of potential impact on the business
5. Treating scenarios as an informational or instructional tool rather than for participative learning/ strategy formation
6. Not having an adequate process for engaging executive teams in the scenario planing process
7. Failing to put enough imaginative stimulus into the scenario design
8. Not using an experienced facilitator

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