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Can you name a company that could benefit from scenario planning and explain how?

A company that could benefit from scenario planning is Tesla. Scenario planning could help Tesla anticipate potential future scenarios in the electric vehicle and renewable energy markets. For instance, they could plan for scenarios such as changes in government policies, advancements in battery technology, or shifts in consumer preferences. By doing so, Tesla could prepare strategies to respond to these scenarios, helping them maintain their competitive advantage and react confidently to changes.

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Newland recalls being put in a cubicle on the 18th floor of the company's London headquarters and asked to think about the future. "With no real indications of what was required of me," he told "Harvard Business Review." This strange appointment, however, gave birth to the still ongoing experiment of implementing scenario planning to predict risks and opportunities.

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