Planning as learning¶
de Geus, A. P. (1988). Planning as learning. Harvard Business Review, 66(2), 70-74.
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- Scenario Planning
- Well-executed scenarios also clarify current mental models, an effect de Geus (1988) framed as "planning as learning": participants often discover that their implicit assumptions about the future are narrower and more specific than they had realized, and that some of their "scenarios" are actually minor variants of a single dominant future.
This sourceArgues that the value of strategic planning lies not in producing forecasts but in changing the mental models of the decision-makers who participate; foundational for scenario work as a clarifier of implicit assumptions.
- Well-executed scenarios also clarify current mental models, an effect de Geus (1988) framed as "planning as learning": participants often discover that their implicit assumptions about the future are narrower and more specific than they had realized, and that some of their "scenarios" are actually minor variants of a single dominant future.
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