As the old saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. Good leaders know that forethought and preparation are necessary to succeed in this sense. Yet, it's not unusual for founders, executives ...

Today’s environment requires a dynamic approach—one that connects execution to strategy and gives leadership visibility into ...

Nonprofit leaders, midlevel managers, and frontline staff sometimes view strategic planning as one more task heaped onto near-impossible workloads. After all, developing a strategic plan — by ...

Did you know that the typical five-year strategic planning forecasts perform about as well as dart-throwing chimpanzees? Cognitive science and behavioral economics scholars have conducted research on ...

There has never been a time when carefully planning out the future of your firm has been so important, says Matt Rampe of Rosenberg Associates, as he offers a roadmap for building the firm you want.

Coming up with a good plan can address the most important issues science organizations face. “Our executives have started their annual strategic planning sessions. This involves sitting in a room with ...

Most leadership teams go too deep with their strategic plans. One-page plans are faster, and probably better. Here's how to ...

I recently helped a large industrial manufacturing company with its strategic planning process. With so much uncertainty surrounding autonomous vehicles, 5G, robotics, global trade, and the oil ...

Every business book stresses the need for companies to do strategic planning. Every motivational speaker emphasizes the need to set goals to be successful in business and life. Yet few contactors have ...

It's strategic planning season. Here's how to use AI tools to expose blind spots, rethink assumptions, and create a winning strategy.

Every advancement of knowledge builds on the foundations of yesterday’s discoveries. In 2010, the UMass Lowell community set audacious goals. Together we leapt, with the determination that we would ...

NORTH ADAMS — For the first 25 years, Mass MoCA’s leadership focused on building up the museum. Now, its leadership is looking to “build it out.” “We’re not a startup anymore,” Director Kristy Edmunds ...