Perception is Reality

One’s subjective perception of objective reality is what determines actions, not the objective reality itself.


This has implications for many things, including Scenario Planning envisions the future:

Scenarios deal with two worlds; the world of facts and the world of perceptions. They explore for facts but they aim at perceptions inside the heads of decision- makers. Their purpose is to gather and transform information of strategic significance into fresh perceptions. —Pierre Wack[1]


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  1. Quoted in The Economist. “Scenario Planning,” September 1, 2008. https://www.economist.com/news/2008/09/01/scenario-planning. ↩︎