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This article is part of our Strategic Thinking During a Pandemic series.

Last week I was invited to participate in a panel on how to support the nonprofit sector through the pandemic. We have....

Welcome to our new conference room, playground, living room, gym, and oh yeah, COVID-veggie-garden.

Like many of you, we have been struggling to figure out how to prevail during these....

Pandemic or not, businesses need to review plans for this year and plan for next year.

Leadership teams must think through how the world has changed and how they will respond to thrive and grow....

Large group strategic planning meetings are typically conducted away from the office to foster an environment where folks engage with each other differently. Today, most of us are working....

Usually, the six month mark is the time to review progress against goals and update strategic thinking, based on changes to planning assumptions. But, with the global pandemic, this year is far....

My grandparents had twelve children. Like many of their friends and family members, they married and started their family in the early days of the Great Depression.  They had a farm so they could....

I have a good friend just about to retire. In a text exchange over the last week, I inquired "Still set for the move?" His response: "Yes, the movers are scheduled, and I plan to give notice at....

Plans are set, goals are defined, budgets are negotiated, and a new year begins.

Teams review their goals, their budget, and go right back to focusing on what their priorities were last year.

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Thinking is very trendy these days.  There are multiple articles promoting design thinking, the value of systems thinking and the need for greater strategic thinking skills, but are these all the....

“What are the greatest challenges you face?”

This was the question I posed to stimulate a brainstorming exercise during a recent Strategic Thinking Workshop.

“Too many goals. We have too many....