Scenario Planning (Online): Learn How to Model, Predict and Prepare for the FutureNEW
Scenario Planning (Online): Learn How to Model, Predict and Prepare for the Future
Overview
Think outside the box about what the future might hold. In six weeks online, Columbia faculty shows participants through lectures and case studies how to build future business scenarios so their organization can respond with speed, agility, and confidence to any disruption. Learn to identify driving forces—such as demographic shifts, regulatory challenges, technological advances, and environmental disruptions—and play them against their organization's core competencies and marketplace advantages. Create plausible developments in their potential business future and discover how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be of value in creating a best possible outcome.
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Impact
With this scenario planning online program, learn to:
- Develop the mindset and steps for scenario planning to augment, not replace, strategic planning
- Master the building blocks of scenario planning to identify future risks and opportunities
- Evaluate how behavioral bias affects scenario planning and develop a plan to mitigate its impact
- Explore potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for more effective scenario planning and modeling
Program Structure
This scenario planning program focuses on the application of scenario planning in the real world by diving deep into the case studies of top global brands and the development of a specific strategy to prepare their organization for unknown disruptions.
Participant Profile
C-Suite Executives and Business Leaders or Founders
Business leaders and founders will learn to develop farsighted business strategies to deal with multiple potential scenarios and use scenario planning to augment their organization’s strategy and guide teams to develop scenarios.
Mid-Career and Senior Managers in Finance
Leaders in the finance realm will gain an understanding of how to deploy effective scenarios as a basis for business decisions and evaluate financial risks more successfully.
Financial Advisors and Consultants
Experienced advisors will master the fundamentals of scenario planning to offer better solutions for their clients and assess the likelihood of various outcomes and develop strategies for alternate scenarios.
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