Principled Innovation

JULY 11, 2012

During the more than twenty years I have worked in and with associations, it is my guess that organizations throughout our community have committed millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of hours of staff and voluntary leader time to generate tens of thousands of pages of strategic plans and related documents.

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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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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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