Episode 1: The New Planning Process: Planning, Tracking, Assessment, and Course Correction 

Most strategic plans are not integrated in day to day operations. There is little opportunity for feedback to adjust the plan, for new suggestions to amend the plan, or for a transparent timely assessment of the plan’s progress. The environment you planned to take on is changing at a faster rate than you planned for and before you’ve even had a chance to realize your planned results. You need to stop wasting time on an old planning process that produces results that go obsolete in a matter of months, and to one that pushes you to grow in new ways and to be resilient. Let’s consider a simple, updated planning process that applies to century-old institutions, rust belt factories, and start-ups alike. What would such a planning framework have to contain in order to propel all of these organizations forward?

Hosted by Leah Sciabarrasi, PhD, a podcast from Manifoldo.

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