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How a Strategic Planning Process Impacts Communication Options

BrainZooming

From before the engagement’s launch until near the completion, we asked for strategy documents spelling out corporate priorities, objectives, and expectations. We wanted a strategic target to align IT strategy and innovation initiatives to support the organization in realizing its overall vision.

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OKR: Learn all about Google’s management methodology

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OKR is a relatively simple tool for creating alignment and engagement around measurable goals. KPIs (key performance indicators) are management tools used to measure the level of performance and success of an organization or a specific process, focusing on the “how.” For example: understand the customer’s needs.

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Strategic foresight: learning from Steve Jobs

Norbert Bol

The combination of vision and taking appropriate actions made him a great example of a discipline which is called strategic foresight. After a short theoretical introduction some examples are given Steve Jobs used narratives in relation to strategic foresight in of his speeches.

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Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-Suite

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During our recent Innov8rs Learning Lab on Innovation Strategy, Leadership, Governance and Portfolio Management, Christian Stadler (Professor of Strategic Management at Warwick Business School and bestselling author) presented a revolutionary approach to strategy. Webb took a different approach. What Do You Think of Pirates?

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Strategic Planning Exercises – Two Types of Structure, One Works

BrainZooming

If you’ve been through too many strategic planning exercises that feel like the first example of structure, we need to talk. The Brainzooming Group uses the second type of productive structure to create a lively, positive, and collaborative strategic planning process.

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113 Ideas for Strategic Planning Process Improvement

BrainZooming

If you are responsible for leading the strategic planning process at your organization, dive in and tweak your process to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. 113 Ideas for Strategic Planning Process Improvement. 12 Questions to Jump Start Your Strategic Planning Process. 5 Ideas for Simplified Strategic Planning.

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Actor-Oriented Organizing for the Digital Age

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Army, for example, is currently experimenting with the 3D printing of food in order to feed troops as they mobilize across difficult geographies. In addition to the friction created by “relay managers” who merely pass along information, hierarchical management styles tend to reduce intrinsic employee motivation to take initiative.