The #2 Required Core Competency of All Organizations
Analytical Thinking:Traditional Strategic Planning |
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Systems Thinking:Yearly Strategic Management System |
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| 1. | Project (beginning and end) | vs. | 1. | Continuous/ongoing process with Yearly Strategic Management System and Cycle/review to stay on “track” |
| 2. | Staff Written | vs. | 2. | CEO, line leadership driven/staff supported |
| 3. | Focus on today/extrapolation into the future | vs. | 3. | Start with Future Ideal and work backwards |
| 4. | “Motherhood/apple pie” words | vs. | 4. | Outcomes measures and action plans set/accountability tracked |
| 5. | Big Strategic Planning document as end | vs. | 5. | Execution/change management/customer focus is the goal; single documents of one page each (KISS) |
| 6. | Senior leadership/planning department answers only (we/they) | vs. | 6. | Key stakeholder feddback/commitment also (Parallel Process) – “people support what they help create” |
| 7. | Weekend retreat | vs. | 7. | Strategic change in our roles/behaviors day-to-day |
| 8. | Strategic level only | vs. | 8. | Integrated into business units, annual and daily decision-making levels, too, via the glue of core strategies/core values |
| 9. | Individual change projects (TQM, service, empowerment, value chain, etc.) | vs. | 9. | Customer-focused positioning and value-added delivery as the focus for all projects |
| 10. | Single event – ine time only, every five years | vs. | 10. | Annual Strategic Review (and Update) each year |
| 11. | Environmental scan of today only – yearly | vs. | 11. | Future environmental scan/quarterly reviews continuously |
| 12. | Analytical tools/analysis focus | vs. | 12. | Focus on strategy, commitment, and buy-in |
| 13. | Units/departments/silo mentality goals | vs. | 13. | Shared strategies as the glue and organizing forces |
| 14. | Hierarchy/controls | vs. | 14. | Customer-focused and values-driven empowerment |
| 15. | Organization structure remains the same | vs. | 15. | Strategic Business Redesign (“Watertight Integrity”) |
In Sum |
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| Tactical/Fragmented Thinking | vs. | Strategic and Systems Thinking | ||