1. Rehoming the Futures
Library and my year at the
Sainsbury Library
Rosie Higman, Sainsbury Library

5. Futures and Scenario Planning
“The point …is not so much to have one
scenario that ‘gets it right’ as to have a set
of scenarios that illuminates the major
forces driving the system, their
interrelationships, and the critical
uncertainties.”
Wack, P., “Scenarios: shooting the rapids” Harvard Business Review, 63 (6), 1985, p. 146

6. • 2,200 peer-reviewed articles per year on scenario planning
• 1/3 of Executive Education custom programmes at the Business School
now have a scenario planning module
• Used in a wide variety of fields – including libraries
• “Use the library as a magnet to attract scholars from around the world”
(Rafael Ramirez, in conversation, 2013)