Today for Tomorrow: A Field Guide to Scenario Planning

When disruption strikes, will your organization scramble to react—or already be a step ahead?

In Today for Tomorrow, Kolkena and Kats offer a clear, engaging, and deeply practical guide
to strategic foresight, an essential tool for navigating uncertainty with clarity and confidence.
Drawing on years of experience in organizational development and leadership coaching,
Kolkena and Kats equip leaders, teams, and facilitators with a flexible framework for imagining
multiple futures and taking smarter action in the present.

You don’t need to be a futurist to think ahead. With approachable language, real-world stories,
and thoughtful reflection prompts, Today for Tomorrow makes complex ideas accessible—
while encouraging creativity, curiosity, and collaboration.

In this actionable, easy-to-follow book you’ll learn:
• How to recognize early signals of change and why they matter
• A 10-step step strategic foresight planning approach you can adapt to any context
• How to guide a group through the entire process
• Tips for building imaginative, yet grounded, stories about the future
• Ways to use scenarios to shift strategy, strengthen culture, and spark innovation
• How to move from insight to action—today

Whether you’re facing disruption, guiding strategic conversations, or trying to make wiser
long-term decisions, this book will help you unlock new ways to think, lead, and prepare for
what’s next.

Because the future isn’t a fixed point—it’s a landscape of possibilities.

Maggie Kolkena founded Third Thought consulting 25 years ago. She delivers development experiences to leaders across a wide va-riety industries and geographies, from Footwear to Financial Services and from Boston to Bangladesh. Maggie's background as a trained actor brings an audience focus, an engaging voice and a dash of humor to her work and writing. She learned scenario planning through the renowned Global Business Network and refined the methodology to use with leaders. Over the past 5 years, Maggie has shared this methodology with hundreds of leaders and helped them envision and prepare for their long-term future.