Scenario thinking is a tool for motivating people to challenge the status quo, or get better at doing so, by asking "What if?" Asking "What if?" in a disciplined way allows you to rehearse the possibilities of tomorrow.
"Scenarios transform information into perceptions... It is a creative experience that generates an 'Aha!' ... and leads to strategic insights beyond the mind's previous reach." - Pierre Wack
I. Ciuciu, and Y. Tang. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2010 Workshops, volume 6428 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (2010)