12 Characteristics of Strategy: What Strategy Is and Isn’t In the early days of my courses on strategy, the curriculum focuses on strategic planning basics. I have developed 12 characteristics of a strategic plan because strategy is a framework for answers, not an answer. It is a definition of approach. The move from strategy to action planning requires translation into … [Read more...] about 12 Characteristics of Strategy: What Strategy Is and Isn’t
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Revamp Strategy With Scenarios That Unleash Possibilities
Revamp Strategy With Scenarios That Unleash Possibilities I recently met with a large technology delivery and consulting firm in Europe, seeking new ways to define its future. After they shared their vision, I recommended that naming uncertainty would help them create an honest dialog about what they want to be and how they should go about getting there. Vision statements … [Read more...] about Revamp Strategy With Scenarios That Unleash Possibilities
Strategy and Technology Transform Industrial Age Assumptions
Strategy and Technology Transform Industrial Age Assumptions Updated March 25, 2022 All organizations should examine how they employ industrial age points-of-view. When firms apply an industrial age lens, they tend to over-index efficiency and productivity: how do we generate more money (or save more money) over the same period of time. A report by Eric Felten in the … [Read more...] about Strategy and Technology Transform Industrial Age Assumptions
Checklist: 6 Essential Internal Strategic Plan Marketing Tasks to Get Right
The need for strategic plan marketing If a strategic plan is to be inclusive in its development, then the idea of a strategic plan and the particular instance within any given organization needs to include a marketing program and a communication plan. Keep your organization on track by communicating how you think about the future, and the future you think about. 6 … [Read more...] about Checklist: 6 Essential Internal Strategic Plan Marketing Tasks to Get Right
America’s Promise: Improving College Graduation Rates
Improving College Graduation Rates Improving College Graduation Rates...I applaud the Obama administration and its efforts to improve graduation rates within the nation’s schools. Like many other plans that come out of Washington D.C., it isn’t the right program for local schools or individual students. What is needed are not new Federal mandates, but local engagement and a … [Read more...] about America’s Promise: Improving College Graduation Rates
