Saïd Business School

Oxford Scenarios Programme

Saïd Business School

Organisational Behaviour

About Programme

On this programme, you will learn how to develop robust strategies in the face of numerous plausible futures.

You will cover a broad range of themes, including:

What can we influence in the context of our organisation and what will most influence success in the future?
What is the relationship between strategic planning and scenarios?
How do I design a fit-for-purpose scenario intervention?
How do scenarios and forecasting relate to each other?
Who does what in scenario practice?

Unique to the programme is the live client case study. You will work on a strategic issue as part of a group for a real world client. Through this work you gain hands-on experience and put your theoretical learning into practice, receiving real-time feedback.

Please note that our September 2026 programme is now full and we are operating a waiting list.

Programme Audience

10 years professional experience
Senior leaders with decision-making responsibility for strategy and planning
Experience from private, public or not-for-profit organisations
Responsibility for strategic planning, risk assessment or issue management
Foundation understanding of scenario planning

Programme Benefits

Understand complex scenario theories, methodologies, approaches and interventions
Identify how to deploy effective scenarios and learn why scenarios can fail
Opportunity for individual growth and reflection, and to question assumptions
Lifetime membership of the Oxford Saïd Alumni Network
Understand complex scenario theories, methodologies, approaches and interventions
Identify how to deploy effective scenarios and learn why scenarios can fail
Opportunity for individual growth and reflection, and to question assumptions
Lifetime membership of the Oxford Saïd Alumni Network
Empowered scenario planners able to creatively drive strategic thinking and practice
Able to make key decisions in the context of turbulence, uncertainty, novelty and ambiguity (TUNA)
Knowledge of where scenario planning fits in the organisation and its relation to other processes

Testimonials

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Programme Director

This programme was a carefully considered investment...we make back many times the cost every month on successful scenarios I have built for clients.

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Professor of Practice

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