Future-proofing

Scenario technology first appeared in the corporate world in the 1970s, when oil company Shell painted a picture of a future without oil. Scenario technology is based on a structured, data-supported approach. In four steps, we will help you to develop future scenarios for your company:

1. Defining influencing factors: These are factors that have an impact on the industry or the business environment.
2. Identifying key factors: Selecting factors that have a high degree of interaction – i.e. which have a strong influence and are themselves strongly influenced.
3. Projection design: Each key factor is expressed differently, allowing different “future images” to be created for the specific factor.
4. Composition of scenarios: The projections from Step 3 are combined to form scenarios.

The specific influencing factors and key factors identified for your company help produce future scenarios that serve as the basis or cross-check for your strategy.

We select one of the scenarios we have developed with you as a reference scenario. Your company will then focus strategically on this scenario, following the principle of “creating instead of reacting”. This will enable you to consolidate your active role in shaping this future. Together we will develop strategic measures that are relevant for all future scenarios, thus ensuring the robustness of your company in all situations.

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