Scenario Planning

MATS LINDGREN is senior partner and managing director of Kairos Future, the leading futures consultancy in Scandinavia, and head of its futures research division. He is a frequent speaker on several topics, author of more than a dozen books in Swedish, and co-author of Beyond Mobile, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2002. He holds a doctoral degree in business administration and specializes in strategic management in turbulent business environments.HANS BANDHOLD is a senior partner at Kairos Future, and head of its strategy division. He has broad experience of helping public and private organizations with future analysis and strategic orientation. Hans is the architect behind TAIDA-Lab - a unique setting where executives together with futurists and strategists identify and evaluate strategies that meet future demands.

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• List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Introduction Advice to the Reader PART I: WHY IS SCENARIO PLANNING NEEDED? SOME REASONS FROM THE FIELD OF STRATEGY RESEARCH PART II: SCENARIO PLANNING: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW PART III: SCENARIO PLANNING IN PRACTICE PART IV: THE PRINCIPLES OF SCENARIO THINKING PART V: THE PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGIC THINKING Glossary Notes Kairos Future References Further Reading Index