#YES #tool #method #practice-based **Target:** #businesses #innovation-leaders [Scenario planning](https://www.adaptiveplanning.com/sites/default/files/Adaptive-Insights-Whitepaper-Using-Scenarios-to-Plan-for-Tomorrow.pdf) is a strategic planning method to make flexible long-term plans, recently to pay more attention to changes in the natural environment. It may involve systems thinking, such as the fact that many different aspects in complex interactions with each other may end up creating unanticipated futures (largely in line with non-linear feedback loops). The method enables the inclusion of difficult to formalize aspect such as shifts in societal values, regulations or inventions. Together with systems thinking, scenario planning can generate plausible scenarios while outlining the causal relationship between various aspects. ![[Previous Versions/Version 1/Files/Screenshot 2021-11-24 at 1.35.59 PM.png]]