How Strategic Planning Is Evolving

At LRI, we have always thought about strategic planning from the perspective of change. The strategic planning process is important because it aligns people’s understanding of what the organization is trying to accomplish and what its priorities are. It’s the starting point for real, meaningful change to occur. The other value of a strategic planning process is that it results in a written strategic plan that people can use like a playbook. Having that “playbook” enables people in the organization to be well-coordinated in what they’re doing, why they’re doing it, when they’re doing it, and how they’re doing it.

So how is strategic planning evolving? What changes are we seeing?

First, from a content perspective, we see more focus now on resiliency and adaptability. The pandemic woke up people to say: “How can we be better prepared for the unexpected?” Leaders want to build an organization that can survive the changes they can’t predict. In strategic planning terms, that’s an adaptive strategic context. There’s more focus on what’s needed to build a resilient, adaptable organization.

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