Years ago I found a great article from McKinsey about why strategic planning doesn't work. You can download it here:
http://www.chriscorrigan.com/facilitation/Strategic%20planning%20doesn't%20work.pdf Chris On 5/24/05, Harrison Owen <hho...@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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. > Harrison > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > 301-365-2093 > 207-763-3261 (summer) > website www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com> > www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com> > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Craig Gilliam <wcraiggill...@hotmail.com> > *To:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:04 AM > *Subject:* Craig > > Harrison and all: > > I ma trying to thinkg through the concept of Strategic Planning. It seems > to me that Strategic Planning is somewhat outdated and a concept that is > overly rationalistic while lacking depth and soul/spirit in many cases, > but > often weighted down with anxiety and lack of productivity (Or maybe I > should > say the way we often talk about it.). Any more, is the word, "watching for > the emerging order" a better way to talk about and reflecting on "planning > for" the future? If so, what are the laws of emergence? As one listens or > watches for emerging order, for what is one or a group watching? > > As I understand it, OS make space for it to emerge in a healthy way? After > a > group senses an emerging order, does one plan, does one get out of the way > so uit can happen, or a little of all? > > Any thoughts? > > I hope this makes some sense in its nonsense. I am still thinking this > trhough. > > Thanks! > Craig > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * * ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
