Strategic plans that learn

StrategicPlansThatLearn
James C. Galvin, Ed.D. CLA April 19, 2010

Most nonprofit leaders believe they should have a long-range strategic plan

Your role is to design and install a new planning process for your organization

You wonder if your organization may have a learning disability

You want your organization to adapt quickly when change happens

Move from static strategic planning to dynamic strategic management

Part 1 StrategicPlanning

Strategic planning became popular during the 1960s and 1970s

Traditional strategic planning was put to death in the 1990s

Most long-range strategic plans are based on flawed assumptions

Create strategic plans that can learn and adapt to changing conditions
How to get there
Where you want to go
Where you are

Part 2 StrategicManagement

Strategic management combines strategy formation and execution

The Schleiffen Plan was static and failed to prevent a war on two fronts

The military makes use of sand tables for planning that is dynamic

Most organizations should conduct strategic reviews monthly or quarterly

In the Bible we find many examples of leaders with a strategic intent

Part 3 StrategicTools

The Drucker questions were formulated specifically for nonprofit leaders

To go beyond incremental change use Idealized Design
System as we want it
System as it is

Most change efforts focus on making improvements in the existing system
Inactive
Reactive
Active
System as it is

Sometimes what you need a completely different system
Inactive
Reactive
Active
System as it is

General Motors used Idealized Design to develop their hydrogen car

God’s Word to the Nations made a major shift over a weekend

Like any other new way of thinking, Idealized Design requires practice
System as it is

Action planning can help you and your team clarify and strengthen a plan
Goal

Use the stair step tool to get the entire team on the same page
paint
install
purchase hardware
purchase door
schedule installation
locate best supplier
decide door design
New front door installed

Practice: What is something worth doing that you need to plan?
Goal

Move from static strategic planning to dynamic strategic management

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