Managing in Times of Uncertainty

We are living in a time when economies, industries and customer tastes seem to be constantly shifting. Charting a course for your organization has never been more challenging and the consequences for miscalculations more difficult to recover from. Traditionally, strategic planning is conducted every few years at significant time and expense. That approach is not longer acceptable. In order for strategic planning to remain relevant to the needs of organizations, it must evolve into a dynamic, ongoing process. But organizations cannot afford to spend more time and money on strategic planning than they do now (they need to spend less), so a new paradigm is called for.

iC Strategic Planning Offers a Paradigm Shift

Meetings, interviews and manually-intensive analysis are too expensive and time-consuming. They have to go. Replace them with online surveys and automate the analysis as much as possible.

A few people trying to stay on top of every relevant issue and trend is a recipe for disaster. They are bound to miss something. Distribute that responsibility to a wider swath of your organization.

You are all in this together. So act like it. Lines of communication between the executive team and the rest of the organization must be open and honest for general buy-in to occur.

Waiting years between assessing your current situation and identifying next steps is way too long a gap. The ground can shift beneath your feet in that time. Start thinking in terms of months instead of years.