FSG Publications:
Scenario Planning, Corporate Strategy,
and Alternative Futures

The principals and associates of FSG have published on a wide range of “futures” topics such as trend analysis, technology forecasting, scenario planning, emerging markets and competitive strategy.

A representative sample of these works includes the following:

Patrick Marren’s regular column in the Journal of Business Strategy is entitled "Alternative Strategies." Click here to download the text of his recent column, “Stick This in Your Stovepipe."

“Uncertainty cubed” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 30, Issue 4 (2009).

“Iceberg Ahead” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 30, Issue 1 (2009).

"Enterprise Risk Management: Effective ERM Practices," by Peter Kennedy. Strategy & Leadership, Volume 36, Number 3 (2008). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

“The great game of gotcha,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 29, Issue 5 (2008).

“Living in the present,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 29, Issue 3 (2008).

“Destructive creation,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 29, Issue 2 (2008).

“Invasion of the Kravarites,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 29, Issue 1 (2008).

“High-functioning business strategy,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 28, Issue 6 (2007).

“We've got to stop meeting like this,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 28, Issue 3 (2007).

“Losing the bubble,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 28, Issue 1 (2007).

“Shininess vs usefulness,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 27, Issue 6 (2006).

“Fish or starve,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 27, Issue 5 (2006)

“Stick This in Your Stovepipe,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 27, Issue 4 (2006).

“The Little Prince approach to the future,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 27, Issue 2 (2006).

“Far from the blinking crowd,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 27, Issue 1 (2006).

“Parables of consulting,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 26, Issue 6 (2005).

“Either/or,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 26, Issue 4 (2005).

“The forgivable sin,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 26, Issue 3 (2005).

"The Migrating Locus of Strategy," by Patrick Marren.  Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 26, No. 2, April 2005 (pp. 4-6). 

“A Few Heads-Ups,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 26, Issue 1 (2005).

"Who is the client?” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 25,  Issue 3 (2004).

“Strategic Planning After 9/11: Planning for Disruptive Events,” by Peter Kennedy, Charles Perrottet and Charles Thomas. Strategy & Leadership, Winter 2003.

“Futurists’ Fallacies: Common Errors in Long-Range Planning,” by Patrick Marren. Handbook of Business Strategy (2003).

"Where did all the knowledge go?” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 24, Issue 3 (2003).

“Historical Context,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 24, Issue 2 (2003).

“The Elephant Walk,” by Patrick Marren, Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 24, Issue 1 (2003).

“Business in the Age of Terrorism,” by Patrick Marren. Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 23, Issue 4 (2002).

Proteus: Insights from 2020, by Charles Thomas, with M. Loescher and C. Schroeder (Copernicus Institute, 2000).

“Why Peter Drucker Is Wrong About the Future,” by Patrick Marren. Handbook of Business Strategy, 1998.

“Don’t Hide from Risk – Manage It,” by Charles Perrottet. Journal of Business Strategy. September/October 1998.

“Technology, Is It the Rue of Agents?” by Charles Perrottet. LIMRA’s MarketFacts, July/August 1998.

“”The Death of the Hierarchical Organization,” by Patrick Marren. Handbook of Business Strategy, 1997.

“Competitive Foresight Scenarios,” by Charles Perrottet in Liam Fahey and Robert Randall, Learning from the Future (John Wiley & Sons, 1997).

“Scenario-based Planning for Technology Investments,” by Charles Thomas in Liam Fahey and Robert Randall, Learning from the Future (John Wiley & Sons, 1997).

“The Best of All Worlds,” by Charles Perrottet and James W. Foster. Airline Business. December 1996.

“The Value of Strategic Scenarios in Planning,” by Ward Bower and Charles Perrottet. New York Law Journal. October 29, 1996.

“What’s Driving the Global Strategies of U.S. Companies?” by Peter Kennedy. Strategy & Leadership, 1996.

“Strategic Technology Assessment, Future Products, and Competitive Advantage,” by Charles Thomas. International Journal of the Management of Technology, 1996.

“Latin America: Alternative Futures,” by Peter Kennedy. Business Latin America,. May 20, 1996.

“Scenarios for the Future,” by Charles Perrottet. Management Review. January 1996.

“Will Insurance Be Here In 30 More Years?” by Charles Perrottet. Best’s Review. March 1995.

“On the Trail of Tomorrow’s Markets,” by Peter Kennedy. The Corporate Board. July/August 1994.

“Learning from Imagining the Years Ahead,” by Charles Thomas. Planning Review. May/June 1994.

“Foresight in Strategic Technology Competition,” by Charles Thomas. Competitive Intelligence Review, March 1994.

“Identifying Tomorrow’s Great Markets Today,” by Peter Kennedy. Directors & Boards, 1993.

“Alternative Scenarios for the Defense Industries after 1995,” by Charles Thomas. Planning Review, May/June 1992.