Leading Organisations in Uncertain Times

The entropy and uncertainty of the marketplace has created a world of rapidly accelerating change. To survive, organisations must perceive and plan for the future with more dynamic and adaptive tools.

Strategy formulation. Understanding the company, customer and competition - Determining why strategies fail

Issues in strategic execution. Lack of organisational clarity - Organisational design - Communication and control systems

The current market environment. Market upheaval and change - Causes of confusion

Uncertainty as the new reality. Uncertainty matrix - Rules-based planning - Building empowerment and trust

Preparing for scenario planning. Key elements: trends and uncertainties - The scenario planning process - Creating syndicate teams and deciding on projects

Constructing scenarios. Developing a scenario agenda - Integrating trends and uncertainties - Advance and retreat manoeuvres

Accounting for the external environment. STEEP analysis - Recognising critical uncertainties - Identifying new market opportunities

Alternative management tools. Real options reasoning - Environmental scanning - Emerging solutions

Moving from scenarios to strategy. Identifying change drivers on the scenario agenda - Defining strategy action topics and relevant scenarios - Committing to a strategy

Formulating a strategic plan
Locating and tackling change issues
Applying the uncertainty matrix
Determining an appropriate organisational design
Identifying limiting factors to communication
Identifying and handling risks
Scenario planning