Traditionally strategic planning has been recognized as very important activity to the effective management of the firm. However, according to some recent surveys (from 2006 and 2007), which are related to the organizational practice of strategic planning, “some” survey participants were not satisfied fully with the process or outcome.
Hence I would like to select some […]

How can brand presentations employ a web 2.0 approach? I have found a very interesting approach called FLOADED.
FLOADED is a new platform for professionally made short movies that have been sponsored by commercial partners. One can find this platform under www.floaded.com.
FLOADED stands for Loaded Film entertainment and consists of short movies; brands and specific products […]

I just came across an interesting new project, called “European Smart Cities”. It is a ranking of European Cities with populations under 500,000, developed by Scientists from the Technical University (TU) of Vienna in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana and the TU of Delft.
Well, yes, this is one more city ranking and there already […]

A couple of days ago I received a question concerning an external growth strategy. The core of that question had three different parts. When might this strategy route be appropriate?  What are the conditions for an organization to consider this route and what forms of strategies are applicable once the organization settles to take this […]

Last week I had written about some of my experiences with strategic planning meetings – the pro’s and con’s, what can go wrong and how to avoid some of the problems. However, the process is not over the moment the meeting ends and everybody leaves the room. Even if the meeting was considered a great […]

For all who are interested in issues of strategic planning I would like to recommend a new article from TheMcKinseyQuarterly. It is now available online without being a premium member of their web services.
Core statements are

Only 45 percent of survey respondents said that they were satisfied with their existing process for strategic planning
Only 23 percent […]

When you start reading current newspapers it is very likely that you will find several articles and columns concerning the sub prime crisis. Now it seems that each and every editor, journalist, writer in every newspaper or magazine does understand risk management business, rating issues and can explain what happens and which management failures had […]

Strategic planning meetings are a very controversial thing. They have a bit of a reputation to be just another fancy management trend. I have to admit that I, too, have my doubts if all of these meetings are worth the efforts. My experience tells me that there is much truth in Brian Quinn’s famous quote:
“A […]