Creating Successful Strategic Plans
This article puts the discipline of strategic planning in its historical context and outlines the key considerations for creating a meaningful strategic plan today.
Planning
All organizations need to have a plan in place that establishes a clear, coherent and realistic view of what they want to achieve, when they want to achieve it and how they’re going to do it. Explore this selection of tools and techniques to help you design the perfect plan for your team, department or organization, and develop your understanding of the role scenario planning can play.
An Introduction to Planning
An overview of planning, from strategic plans to operational plans and how the different types of organisational plans relate to each other.
The Content of Business Plans
Here we look at the essential ingredients required to produce an effective business plan.
Coping With The Unexpected
How to keep calm and carry on when risks threaten to derail your plans.
Assumption Based Planning
Assumption Based Planning (ABP) is a planning and decision-making tool developed by James A Dewar of the Rand Corporation.
Action Planning
This document provides a brief outline of action planning, and contains a handy template that you can use to create your own action plans.
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Kees van der Heijden – The Sixth Sense
The name Kees van der Heijden is synonymous with the art of scenario planning. This article explores van der Heijden’s thoughts on how scenario planning can give organisations the much sought after competitive edge.
Planning an “Away Day”
Time away from the office can be fun for a team, but conducting an effective and useful event can be challenging. Learn how to plan a successful away day.
Scenario Analysis
Use Scenario Analysis to predict potential outcomes of your desired strategies or decisions, and so minimize risk and avoid worst case scenarios.
Planning a Workshop
Planning a great workshop needn't be an overwhelming experience. This article gives step-by-step instructions for planning a great event.
The Secrets of Successful Scenario Planning Infographic
Prepare yourself and your team for sudden and potentially unexpected changes in the future by using scenarios. Learn more with this infographic.
Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change
In this podcast, futurist April Rinne talks to us about her book "Flux" and how we can all develop superpowers to thrive in a world of constant change.