Craig

[Chris Corrigan]

Years ago I found a great article from McKinsey about why strategic planning 
doesn't work. You can download it here:

http://www.chriscorrigan.com/facilitation/Strategic%20planning%20doesn't%20work.pdf

Chris

On 5/24/05, Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I agree that planning is useful. But it is also important to recognize 
> what Planning does. And it does not create the future! At best it is an 
> imperfect map of what we THINK (hope, expect)the future might be. Planning 
> documents are very useful for checking off things along the way (to the 
> future). They are miserable when it come to prediction. This is not all bad. 
> for in many situations -- what you planed is so much less than what you 
> could accomplish -- that is you reached you "planned goals" -- you would be 
> severely sub-optimized (to speak in the acceptable jargon.
>  Harrison
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> *From:* Craig Gilliam <wcraiggilliam at hotmail.com> 
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:04 AM
> *Subject:* Craig
> 
> Harrison and all:
> 
> I ma trying to thinkg through the concept of Strategic Planning. It seems
> to me that Strategic Planning is somewhat outdated and a concept that is
> overly rationalistic while lacking depth and soul/spirit in many cases, 
> but
> often weighted down with anxiety and lack of productivity (Or maybe I 
> should
> say the way we often talk about it.). Any more, is the word, "watching for
> the emerging order" a better way to talk about and reflecting on "planning
> for" the future? If so, what are the laws of emergence? As one listens or
> watches for emerging order, for what is one or a group watching?
> 
> As I understand it, OS make space for it to emerge in a healthy way? After 
> a
> group senses an emerging order, does one plan, does one get out of the way
> so uit can happen, or a little of all?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> I hope this makes some sense in its nonsense. I am still thinking this
> trhough.
> 
> Thanks!
> Craig
> 
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