Futures Planning: Change the way You think about your organization’s future
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Foundry specializes in creating digital experiences that transform organizations, and they have significant expertise with banks. This article was part of a campaign to reach financial institutions.
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If we know anything about the future, it’s that the future is unknown. Unless you have a reliable crystal ball, it’s hard to predict with any accuracy. You can, however, prepare your organization for the many possible ways the future could turn out.
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Futures Planning helps you prepare for whatever lies ahead
When planning for the future, organizations often use a strategic roadmap or a vision. While those tools are useful, they’re based on optimistic, hopeful hockey-stick projections or growth plans.
Usually, these plans are focused on speculative goals and budget projections—but don’t meaningfully consider known impacts from the outside world. That’s where Futures Planning comes in. Futures Planning is an exercise that examines trends or threats that might impact your organization, industry, or customers. Then it explores how your organization could react ...
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