141: Navigating Uncertainty using Scenarios

This episode explores anticipating scenarios and navigating inevitable change in our schools. ‘Managing uncertainty’ is part of the lexicon now in leadership, so having a prepared approach for dealing with potential scenarios is a great way to strategise.Scenarios won’t predict the future, but they will help us to explore future possibilities.Listen to this episode to hear my shared team approach for developing scenarios and testing your strategic choices:What range of viable options might you have in that future scenario? What could you do now to prepare?How will you know if that scenario is unfolding?Episode links‘Scenario Thinking: Preparing Your Organization for the Future in an Unpredictable World’ by George Cairns and George Wright (2nd edition, 2017) Working with Juliet: Contact us to set up a chat with Juliet about your next Strategy Day [email protected] you so much for listening to The Independent School Podcast. I would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to send me some feedback here. This helps me make the podcast as helpful as possible to listeners. Thank you!