Foundations of Scenario Planning

Pierre Wack was head of scenario planning at Royal Dutch / Shell Oil in London for over ten years. He was a pioneer of what we know today as scenario planning. This new volume will cover his life timeline and attach it to the development of his thinking about scenario planning over the course of his career.

Auteur

Thomas J. Chermack is Associate Professor of Organizational Learning, Performance and Change and Founder and Director of the Scenario Planning Institute at Colorado State University, USA.

Contenu

Part 1: Who Was Pierre Wack?

1. Pierre Wack's Personal Motivation to "See"

2. Travels to the East: Japan and India

Part 2: The Shell Years

3. Bringing the Scenario Team Together: Two Pieces of Jade

4. Getting Scenarios off the Ground (1971-1973)

5. Regrouping and Modifying the Scenario Method (1974-1977)

6. Evolution of Scenarios inside Shell (1978-1982)

Part 3: The Post-Shell Years

7. Diamonds, Gold and the Dark Side of the Moon

8. Calm Waters and Tidal Waves

Part 4: Reflections and Legacy

9. Reflections

10. What Can Be Learned from this Remarkable Life?

Part 5: Pierre Wack's Works

11. Wack's Final Presentation to the Manufacturing Division at Shell - 1982

12. Wack's Original Manuscript "The Gentle Art of Re-Perceiving"