Leading In Turbulent Times Using Scenario Planning

Programme Highlights

This programme develops your strategic foresight and leadership skills to navigate uncertainty and shape the future of retail with confidence. You will:

• Understand contextual change in retail: Explore how economic, social, technological, environmental and political forces interact to reshape the retail landscape, distinguishing between risk and uncertainty in your strategic decisions.
• Develop adaptive leadership capabilities: Examine the shift from traditional to adaptive leadership, learning how to balance short-term operational demands with long-term strategic vision and lead effectively through ambiguity.
• Apply scenario analysis tools: Use structured scenario thinking techniques to map key drivers of change, build plausible future scenarios and interpret their implications for your retail organisation.
• Design a complete scenario planning process: Learn the end-to-end methodology, from defining the focal question and scanning the environment to developing scenario narratives, testing strategies and engaging stakeholders across the business.
• Build resilience through foresight-driven strategy: Evaluate your current strategies against multiple scenarios, identify vulnerabilities and opportunities, and create practical roadmaps to increase agility and resilience in turbulent times.