ABSTRACT
Organizations still need a baseline plan for how they intend to reach their desired end state. However, reliance on only such a baseline plan will no longer suffice in an increasingly Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity environment. In order to be successful, organizations constantly need awareness of changes in their environment; quickly assess if such changes pose a threat, an opportunity or simply are not worth dealing with. Business wargaming can be a useful tool to validate potential decisions and intended courses of action. It can furthermore help to educate actors at all leadership levels of what the organization wants to achieve and what each leadership level's specific role is in executing toward reaching the desired end state. Digitalization, for example, has implications which go far beyond the mere boundaries of organizations. Business wargaming can help people master the complexity, assess problems in their entirety and, by involving more stakeholders, find solution that can be turned into policy.
