Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2018 Scenario Planning for Organizational Adaptability: The Lived Experiences of Executives Robert John Gaskill-Clemons Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, and the Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Walden University College of Management and Technology This is to certify that the doctoral study by Robert Gaskill-Clemons has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Thomas Schaefer, Committee Chairperson, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty Dr. Scott Burrus, Committee Member, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty Dr. Steve Roussas, University Reviewer, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden University 2018 Abstract Scenario Planning for Organizational Adaptability: The Lived Experiences of Executives by Robert John Gaskill-Clemons MBA, University of Maryland University College, 2010 MS, University of Maryland University College, 2009 BS, University of Maryland University College, 2008 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration Walden University April 2018 Abstract Organizational adaptability is critical to organizational survival, and executive leadership’s inability to adapt to extreme disruptive complex events threatens survival.