The focal question in scenario planning acts as an anchor and as a fence. It anchors the project so that people are clear about what they are solving for. “The future of learning” will pull in a dialogue about learning, acting like gravity, placing appropriate ideas, concepts and evidence in orbit, while material not related to the question floats off. Focal question as … [Read more...] about How to Write a Good Scenario Planning Focal Question
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Let Taylor Swift Help You Breakup with Your Strategic Plan
Screen capture from the original Fast Company Post was modified. [Original Taylor Swift image in screen capture: Flickr user Jana Zills] Strategy is messy, chaotic, and transformative, just like a youthful romance. You know you need to break up with your strategic plan. So who better than the Bard of Breakups herself to offer searing guidance on how to break … [Read more...] about Let Taylor Swift Help You Breakup with Your Strategic Plan
Time to Plan at the Speed of Change.
Some organizations don't plan at the speed of change: “Dan, our strategic plan is about to expire. Can you come and help use create a new one?” I get than phone call pretty often. My first statement is “sure,” followed by, “I do have to warn you that if you work with me, your strategic plan will never expire again.” I believe organizations should plan at the … [Read more...] about Time to Plan at the Speed of Change.
Belief and Scenario Planning: Challenging Assumptions and Beliefs
Scenario Planning: Challenging Assumptions and Beliefs Scenarios ask people to challenge their assumptions. Assumptions are a form of belief. Organizations and individuals assign values to uncertainties. The accumulation of these values become the basis for what I call the "myth of the future," that narrative construct that people carry around with them that forms their … [Read more...] about Belief and Scenario Planning: Challenging Assumptions and Beliefs
The Tens—Strategic Planning Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
The Tens—Strategic Planning Mistakes & How to Avoid Them Download The Tens—Strategic Planning Mistakes & How to Avoid Them PDF here. Gathering the Wrong Data Too often organizaÂtions want to look deeply at their history in order to project forward. This is almost always a waste of time. The world changes too often to spend time on what the organization looked … [Read more...] about The Tens—Strategic Planning Mistakes & How to Avoid Them