p.1 Strategic planning provides a powerful opportunity
for a leader to take a stand and point the way.
p.2 Indeed, more often there is a paralyzing overabundance of options.
A solid strategic planning process identifies an organization’s best options and thus generates focus. This
focus is liberating because it breaks up logjams of indecision and concentrates the energy of the organization. Even
if every option selected isn’t optimal, getting moving is usually better than standing still and scratching your head.
p.2 Smart organizations subject their most important decisions to
a Darwinian environment in which the strongest ideas survive and evolve to higher levels of fitness. In our strategic
planning projects, we carry decisions out into the organization where they can be tested and refined.
p.2 Strategic thinking deals in uncertainty and resistance. Without
uncertainty and resistance, there’s no need for a strategy. Strategic thinking also deals in what is important.
