Transformative Scenario Planning

This training course will use a range of approaches to learning, including experiential group activities, individual exercises, mini-case studies, existing scenarios, role plays and syndicate discussions. Graphical materials and stimulating explanations will be used to introduce underlying models.

A key part of the learning process is sharing the different experiences participants bring, as well as experimenting with novel – and sometimes challenging – techniques.

This Transformative Scenario Planning training course is designed to help attendees to:

• Fully understand the nature and role of scenario planning in today’s private and public sector organizations
• Clearly distinguish scenario planning from forecasting, contingency planning, trend analysis and threat matrices
• Really appreciate and master the five key phases of the planning process
• Confidently structure and implement each phase for maximum success
• Powerfully apply the results of the process both internally and externally to drive innovation in product development, service delivery, funding, etc.
• Skillfully disseminate the panel’s outputs and thus enhance their organization’s reputation, credibility and standing

This training course is suitable for both individual participants and teams with some experience in strategy, planning and leadership roles who are looking to explore new ways of thinking about strategy or keen to identify potential opportunities and risks in our turbulent world.

The following will also benefit on attending this Gulf Rowad Transformative Scenario Planning training course:

• Strategic Planning Teams
• Board-level Members
• Senior Managers
• Politicians
• Policy Developers
• People working in private organizations, government departments, public sector organizations, emergency services, NGOs, academia, professional bodies

Organisational Impact

Your organization will benefit from:

• Gaining a key input to its strategic planning and strategic thinking process
• Enhanced, world-class planning capability
• Increased alignment with key players in its operating environment
• Improved communication, openness and levels of trust with its major stakeholders
• Enhanced creativity and innovation in its problem-solving
• Collaborative resolution of conflicts and challenges
• Higher levels of organizational productivity

Personal Impact

Participants will be exposed to probably the most powerful strategic management process that exists. A process that has literally been responsible for the end of apartheid in South Africa, that accelerated the end of the former Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall and the success of global organizations that have consistently out- performed their rivals over several decades.

Participants will also add to their leadership, team-development, planning and problem-solving skills. These skills and insights can be used in many different areas of their professional and personal lives and will make them considerably more valuable in today’s highly competitive job market.