Scenarios are best viewed as a process for developing a shared understanding of the challenges facing your organisation. A facilitated discussion enables groups to evaluate what these trends may mean for your goals and strategy. The process is as important as the final outputs that emerge.  The scenario workshop can be run with a variety of different groups: Executive team and/or heads of department Specialist teams (eg planning, communications, finance, etc) Mixed internal groups (eg drawn from across the organisation, possibly including some students) External groups (involving key stakeholders, partners or others whose role or resources might be important to the future of the organisation) Workshops may be one-off exercises or can be used as a series of events throughout a planning process, providing a different focus and insights at each stage. To involve people in the scenario thinking outside of the workshop format, a survey template is provided. This allows you to survey people for their views on the key uncertainties and future possible outcomes across a range of factors that are likely to shape the development of the sector. The survey can be used to gather insights and data from participants in advance of a workshop or it may be used to encourage wider engagement in the planning process from across the organisation, or even with external stakeholders. Even if you are not intending to undertake a scenario workshop, the survey can be used as a way of capturing opinion to inform your own strategy, business planning or organisational development thinking.

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