I recently came across two very different writings about the problem with strategy and boxes or categories. The first one is from Henry Minzbergs book ‘The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning’ (p 302): “Note that the problem in such planning systems in not any specific category so much as the process of categorization itself. [...]

The German Railway used decision analysis in order to develop a new HR strategy. A lot impact factors were considered, e.g. demographic development (which is very dramatic in Germany), health care issues and law issues. The firm is supported by two PhD students from the London School of Economics. They take care for a project [...]