Most people assume that strategic planning involves strategic thinking. Oh…..if only that was true. Unfortunately most organizations view strategic planning as a way to answer the question, “how do we…
Did You Know: 2014
Strategic planning relies on strategic thinking. To think strategically we need to explore beyond our common environment, the usual places we look and the usual way in which we look…
Strategic Thinking Takes Time
Jane and I will be focusing on Thinking Strategically and Building the Future at SLA’s Annual Conference on Sunday June 8th. As I think about the points we want to…
Innovations bring promise & peril
Fantastic SLA PH&T Division conference at the Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando, began with Kevin Davies, Chief Editor Bio-IT World and author of The $1,000 Genome (Free Press 2010). He’s…
Curiosity doesn’t kill cats, or ideas
I know what great cat curiousity certainly hasn’t killed, or even maimed or slowed down in any fashion. Jane Dysart. Jane is one curious character (if I called her a…
To see the big picture, you have to look for it
I’m about to do a webinar for Jane – actually for The Partnership’s Education Institute; this is part of a “Conversations with Leaders” series Jane initiated in which she interviews…