Tag: "strategy"
Crowdsourcing Strategy
The McKinsey Quarterly has a piece on organizations that have used wikis and other crowdsourcing technology to create open strategic planning processes (registration required). As the article points out, this approach sometimes requires a change in the nature of leadership roles: Taking these principles to their logical conclusion suggests a shift in the strategic-leadership role [...]
Announcing Exciting New Projects. . . & A Little Web Maintenance
Thought you’d be interested in three great new assignments we are taking on. Our strategic planning practice continues to go strong. We’ve recently added these new assignments: New York State Economic Development Council: This is the premier organizations for economic development professionals in New York State. We’ll be updating a strategic plan we created for [...]
What Successful Innovation Actually Looks Like
Following on a recent post, amid all of the calls for continual innovation to compete globally, it is occasionally useful to see a concrete example of what successful innovation looks like. The Wall Street Journal recently profiled Milliken, one of the very few textile firms still based in South Carolina. How have they managed this? [...]
One More Reason to think Facebook is Creepy
This one from yesterday’s New York Times: We don’t really know yet how joining Facebook at a tender age affects kids socially and emotionally. There’s the fun and freedom of Facebook, and then there’s the Consumer Reports finding that the site exposed a million teenagers to bullying and harassment last year. What is clear is [...]
Experiencing the Wonder
This evening we are heading over to the Walkway Over the Hudson for their “Experience the Wonder” celebration of the Dyson Foundation and its support of the Walkway. We had the privilege of working with the Walkway organization on a strategic plan to help define its role in providng a margin of excellence for all [...]
Youngstown: the struggle to shrink to prosperity
As DC.StreetsBlog reports, about 10 years ago, Youngstown, Ohio created a community plan designed to help the city cope with a massive downsizing of its economy and population: The city would start by tearing down the abandoned houses that depressed neighboring property values and acted as magnets for crime. Their hope was that some neighborhoods [...]
