1) The document discusses the relationship between scenario planning and leadership development, hypothesizing that the components of scenario planning are also components of leadership development and that leadership development is an outcome of scenario planning. 2) Evidence from literature and expert interviews is presented to support the hypotheses. Interviews were conducted with two scenario planning experts and analyzed using three theoretical frameworks. 3) The findings suggest scenario planning can be used as a tool to develop strategic leadership capacity and that leadership is an important part of both the scenario planning process and outcomes. More research is needed to further establish the nature of the relationship.

1. Rochell R. McWhorter Dorothy E. Porter Susan A. Lynham Texas A&M University Thomas J. Chermack Colorado State University Louis van der Merwe Centre for Innovative Leadership Copyright 2007 McWhorter, Porter, Lynham, Chermack & van der Merwe

5. Heuristic In itself supports the hypotheses; Became enabling theoretical framework to gather and categorize further supporting evidence A Synthesis of Three Theoretical Frameworks What We Found… Copyright 2007 McWhorter, Porter, Lynham, Chermack & van der Merwe

6. The Heuristic in Action… Copyright 2007 McWhorter, Porter, Lynham, Chermack & van der Merwe