
CHAPTER 9
C
ONDUCTING
W
AR
-G
AME
S
CENARIOS
If I appear prepared, it is because before
entering an undertaking, I have meditated
long and have foreseen what might occur. It
is not genus which reveals to me suddenly
and secretly what I should do in
circumstances unexpected by others, it is
thought and preparation.
—N
APOLEON
B
ONAPARTE
After rea ding Chapte r 8, you may have come away with the mis-
taken ide a that once formed, the execut ion of a talent str ategy al-
ways proceeds along a fixed and pr edict able p ath. This t r aditional
view of strategic planning calls to mind the image o f some sage
general w ho, looking down f rom a clear v antag e point high