Abstract for: Navigating Complexity: Enhancing Strategic Thinking for Dynamic Environments

The issues facing organizations nowadays are increasingly complex. The assumptions under which strategies are designed do not remain constant, so decision makers require tools to evaluate strategies´ viability in a dynamic context. In such a context, the intuition supporting decision-making process is no longer enough. The way of thinking requires a change of approach and new tools that enable the decision-makers reframe mental models of how the company operates and the market in which it competes; make structure-behavior relationship conscious: how the organization responds to strategies; and finally, formulate more effective decision-making strategies and policies visualizing the impact of decisions in the long term, anticipating risks, and taking advantage of opportunities. This document presents the results of a Systemic and Prospective Planning exercise, a practitioner application carried out in a Mexican Company. The methodological approach integrated disciplines of strategic planning, strategic foresight, and systems dynamics, to assist the organization in rethinking its strategy by 2030.