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  #  Strategic prospective: a step ahead of the improbable 



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 Dieselgate, the 2007-2008 crisis, the Covid-19 crisis…. So many a priori improbable events. Can we prepare for what we call the “Black Swans”? Yes. Strategic foresight helps companies imagine the unimaginable, design all the scenarios to deal with them and detect the “weak signals” that precede them. Explanations.

From the article published in The Conversation France on April 8,2020: Comment les entreprises peuvent-elles se projeter dans le futur pour anticiper les crises ?

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