by Robert Bradford | Dec 30, 2022 | Making predictions, Strategic Planning
New technologies follow a fairly well-understood “curve”. We can think of these curves in terms of profitability, but this is oversimplifying things. Much of the thinking about technology curves in the business world comes from the work of Nikolai Kondratiev in the...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 9, 2021 | Strategic Planning
Robert Bradford will be presenting Simplified Strategic Planning in a series of six online presentations starting on June 17. You may participate live, and we will send video of each session to all subscribers. Each session is two hours long and will cover the...
by Dana Baldwin | Dec 6, 2019 | Strategic Planning
Successful strategic plans include good objectives and monitoring. The desired result of developing your strategic plan is to develop an actionable road map for the future of your organization. While there are always diversions, the goal is to have a SMART strategic...
by Robert Bradford | Nov 8, 2019 | Strategic Planning
During a few strategic planning meetings in the last couple of years, I’ve noticed something that probably won’t surprise you: I started to get annoyed that we were spending too much time on things that weren’t important. This is one of the most common complaints...
by Dana Baldwin | Oct 4, 2019 | Competitive Strategy, Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning should not be a one-and-done business process. As a rule, your organization should conduct annual strategic planning even though it’s time horizon is typically multiple years. Why, you ask? Isn’t a strategic plan valid for more than one year?...
by Dana Baldwin | Aug 2, 2019 | Strategic Planning
Its important to follow a few basic strategic planning steps to build team commitment. When your team gets together to initiate/update your strategic plan, what is everyone looking to get out of the process? Naturally, nearly everyone has their own personal interests...
