As consultants Jara Dean-Coffey and Jill Casey noted in their recent paper “Strategy for Now,” published at The Foundation Review: “Amid growing desires to integrate and embody practices aligned with ...

Strategic planning is often considered the province of large, complex health systems: a largely academic exercise that saps time and attention away from more worthy activities.

So strategic planning becomes increasingly important the bigger you get. And everyone, not just the CEO, has to take the ideas people present and figure out how it fits into the company's strategy.

Like so many great people, Strategic Planning lived a full life. It touched many businesses in a positive way—but failed many, as well. It wasn’t perfect, but it made contributions to society.

Strategic planning fails when organizations attempt to be everything to everyone. Market position isn’t just about identifying target customers.

Instead of forecasting a future, strategic planning needs to consider potential futures, termed scenarios. In this regard, in “Strategic planning under uncertainty: Long-term muddling-through,”2 I ...

The New School launched its strategic planning process in spring 2022 to bring our campus community—students, staff, and faculty—together in conversation about our university: where we are, where we ...

Spend 50 percent of your time on strategic planning. For a month, keep a timesheet and write down how you spend every hour. If you're the CEO, a good goal is to spend at least 50 percent of your ...

Organizations erroneously believe that 100% of the value of strategic planning for the future lies in determining “what comes next” or putting a stake in the ground regarding “where we want ...

Strategic planning allows a small company to carefully plan, prioritize and implement projects to ensure they are cost-effective and in-line with the company's overall goals and objectives.