Co-Evolutionary

Co-evolutionary Decision Making

Co-evolutionary gaming is a nontraditional form of scenario planning utilized by the U.S. Department of Defense, in strategic planning. Through co-evolutionary gaming, complicated strategic horizons can be better anticipated, and strategies can be altered to address what would typically be unexpected responses, to counter these challenges before they even happen, thereby blocking their adversaries. Utilizing this same technique can facilitate group decision making by taking advantage of group diversity and overcoming much of the challenges typically associated with the decision making process, through the technique's acknowledgment of the widest variety of potential scenarios and the ability to use the best knowledge possible to make the best decisions possible. In today's increasingly competitive marketplace, strategic planning is tantamount to success. Staying one step ahead of the competition means industry leadership. Co-evolutionary gaming is a nontraditional form of scenario planning utilized by the U.S. Department of Defense, in strategic planning. Through co-evolutionary gaming, complicated strategic horizons can be better anticipated, and strategies can be altered to address what would typically be unexpected responses, to counter these challenges before they even happen, thereby blocking their adversaries. Utilizing this same technique can facilitate group decision making by taking advantage of group diversity and overcoming much of the challenges typically associated with the decision making process, through the technique's acknowledgment of the widest variety of potential scenarios and the ability to use the best knowledge possible to make the best decisions possible.

Co-evolutionary gaming is an unconventional scenario planning process put forward by two authors in an article "Take Your Third Move First". Essentially the article builds on the argument that planning and subsequent decision-making should not be...