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Strategic Planning
Scenario Planning Focal Questions: The Focus of the Focal Question
Scenario Planning Focal Questions: The Focus of the Focal Question Defining the scenario planning focal question is a crucial part of the scenario planning process. They act as a conceptual boundary. I see focal questions as a key determinant of strategic intent. If an organization isn’t willing to ask a concise question about the future, then they are just as unlikely to … [Read more...] about Scenario Planning Focal Questions: The Focus of the Focal Question
12 Characteristics of Strategy: What Strategy Is and Isn’t
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
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
Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt
Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt as an Example Strategy is as much about what not to do as it is about what to do. The US Government as a whole (vs. the slices the parties claim as theirs) lacks a sense of strategy. If they had a strategy, they could explain in clear terms what the trade-offs are between programs. But rather than explain, they obfuscate, … [Read more...] about Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt
