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Long-term scenario exploration
To develop capacity to think about alternative futures. Periodically spend time exploring alternative future scenarios: 1. Identify key uncertainties that affect your work—market conditions, technological change, regulatory environment, climate impacts, social… An ongoing team scaffold (planning session), run annually or for major decisions, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 90-120 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, perspective-taking, cognitive-reframing
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (Annually or for major decisions)
Instructions
- Where
- idg.thomasjordan.se/idg-team-scaffolds-webapp.html — Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Team leader role (Jordan): Facilitate with genuine openness to different possibilities. Resist the temptation to identify the 'most likely' scenario and plan only for that. Ensure scenarios include sustainability and social change possibilities.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25