This paper reports exploratory research on building new social capital with scenario planning. The key finding is that scenario planning can be deployed to build new social capital. This is done through a counterfactual process analogous to Normann’s proposed “crane building” whereby a...

Practitioners have observed that scenario planning contributes to building new social capital. In scenario planning terms, new social capital can provide access to new information, novel strategic options and unprecedented collaborative opportunities. However, there is no description or...