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Futures Thinking · book page 110
Wind Tunneling
A stress test of strategies and ideas against several scenarios.
When to use it
Before you commit to a strategy or a large investment.
How to start
- List your strategic options.
- Run each option through every scenario.
- Keep, adapt or drop options based on their robustness.
The book explains the tool step by step, with examples from the case study The Living Soil Mandate.
More Futures Thinking templates
Futures Thinking · p. 112Future Role-PlayingRole-play in which participants act as people living in a future scenario.Futures Thinking · p. 114BackcastingA planning method that starts from a preferable future and works back to today.Futures Thinking · p. 116Future-Ready RoadmappingA roadmap that links long-term vision, milestones and immediate actions.
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