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For More Information: Gil Steil Associates, www.gilsteil.com
Purpose:
To enhance large group interventions involving a whole system by enabling participants to envision multiple ways the external environment may change in the future and how these environmental changes could affect the organization.
Outcomes:
• Future plans that have been clarified by questioning participant assumptions about the future, which is frequently not an extrapolation of the past
When to Use:
• To enhance strategic planning
• When multiple possibilities need to be considered
• When the imagination of the planners needs encouragement
When Not to Use:
• When there are no critical uncertainties confronting the organization
Number of Participants:
• 32–512
Types of Participants:
• All stakeholders
Typical Duration:
• Plan: 2–6 weeks
• Invite Participants: 2–10 weeks
• Meeting: 2–3 days
• Follow-up: 6 months
Brief Example:
A dental school used Large Group Scenario Planning to plan for curricular change, admissions policy, and
faculty development. The result was a restructured curriculum, some fresh approaches to admissions, and
ideas for faculty development.
Historical Context:
Created in 2003 by Gil Steil and Michele Gibbons-Carr. Based on traditional scenario planning strategies
of P.Schwartz, J. Ogillvy, G. Ringland, P. Schoemaker, and K. van der Heijden, and integrated into a whole
system large group process.
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