Scenarios for Success: Turning Insights into action Book

List of Contributors     ix
Preface     xiii
Acknowledgments     xv
Overview     xvii
Origins: Navigating with Invisible Islands     1
Conversations with Peter Schwartz and Napier Collyns   Bill Sharpe     13
Professional Dreamers: The Future in the Past of Scenario Planning   Cynthia Selin     27
Scenarios in the World of Business     53
Scenarios and Innovation   Jan Verloop     75
Scenarios to Develop Strategic Options: A New Interactive Role for Scenarios in Strategy   Rafael Ramirez   Kees Van der Heijden     89
Deepening Futures with System Structure   Tony Hodgson   Bill Sharpe     121
From Signals to Decisions   Alexander Fink   Philip Hadridge   Gill Ringland     145
When Strangers Meet: Scenarios and the Legal Profession   Karim Medjad   Rafael Ramirez     173
The Power of Narrative   Lennart Nordfors     197
Scenarios in the World of Management     217
Viewing Futures Network: Collaborative Learning and Innovation at Rabobank   Paul de Ruijter     235
Facilitating Scenario Development Process: Some Lessons for Facilitators   Ronald Bradfield     259
Appreciating the Future   Tony Hodgson     279
Building a Comprehensive Strategic Future Management System: A Future Map Approach   Don Heathfield     315
Acting on the Future   Andrew Curry     339
Backwards to the Future: Scenarios as Routines for Organizational Health   James Tansey     373
Concluding Remarks     391
References     395
Index     403