Principled Innovation

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

I find it remarkable that it is February 2013, and I am still reading magazine articles advising associations to create strategic plans every five or six years, and encouraging leaders to review those plans just once a year. As I wrote in Associations Unorthodox , the era of strategic planning is over.

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Principled Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

For example, while budgets should reflect clear investments in stated strategic priorities, frequently they are built only to maintain existing activities, including pet projects supported by influential constituencies, and to reinforce the illusion of centralized control. Additional Thoughts.

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Principled Innovation

AUGUST 28, 2012

For many decades, having a strategic plan has been the sine qua non of association management practice. It is a potent dictum of association orthodoxy, and yet, in reality, strategic planning today is a largely pro forma exercise designed to extend the seductive yet perilous illusion of organizational control.

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