Years ago I found a great article from McKinsey about why strategic planning doesn't work. You can download it here:<br>
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<a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/facilitation/Strategic%20planning%20doesn't%20work.pdf">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/facilitation/Strategic%20planning%20doesn't%20work.pdf</a><br>
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Chris<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/24/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Harrison Owen</b> <<a href="mailto:hhowen@comcast.net">hhowen@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Harrison</font></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:04 AM
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Craig</div>
<div><br></div>Harrison and all:<br><br>I ma trying to thinkg through the
concept of Strategic Planning. It seems<br>to me that Strategic Planning
is somewhat outdated and a concept that is<br>overly rationalistic while
lacking depth and soul/spirit in many cases, but<br>often weighted down with
anxiety and lack of productivity (Or maybe I should<br>say the way we often
talk about it.). Any more, is the word, "watching for<br>the emerging
order" a better way to talk about and reflecting on "planning<br>for" the
future? If so, what are the laws of emergence? As one listens
or<br>watches for emerging order, for what is one or a group
watching?<br><br>As I understand it, OS make space for it to emerge in a
healthy way? After a<br>group senses an emerging order, does one plan, does
one get out of the way<br>so uit can happen, or a little of all?<br><br>Any
thoughts?<br><br>I hope this makes some sense in its nonsense. I am
still thinking
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