Gill Ringland is CEO and a Fellow of SAMI Consulting, which helps organisations make robust decisions in uncertain times. Previously, she was head of corporate strategy at ICL (now part of Fujitsu). She is the author of several highly-regarded books on scenarios including Scenarios in Business, Scenarios in Public Policy, Scenario Planning, and Scenarios in Marketing.Oliver Sparrow directs the Challenge Network, a group of senior strategic consultants. He spent two decades with Shell, chiefly in strategic planning, public affairs and new ventures. He has also directed a public-private sector strategic partnership out of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He is well known as a… speaker and thinker on policy at national and international levels.Patricia Lustig is a Visiting Executive Fellow at Henley Business School, where she specialises in leadership development, change management and organisational performance enhancement. She is also a member of the organisational development faculty at the CIPD, where she runs their scenario planning course. She previously worked as a Senior Organisational Development Adviser and Team Leader at BP and at Motorola. All three authors are senior members of SAMI Consulting.