Did you know that the typical five-year strategic planning forecasts perform about as well as dart-throwing chimpanzees? Cognitive science and behavioral economics scholars have conducted research on ...

To better understand the need for strategic planning in the fire service, let's look at some very basic topics. First, it is critical to develop an understanding of strategic planning. Once we ...

All businesses, no matter how small, have three categories of resources available to them: the technology they use to create a product or service; the finance they use to operate and grow the business ...

It has been said that if you are not planning to succeed, you’re planning to fail. A lack of planning will lead to the demise of an organization, especially the fire service. Strategic planning is one ...

Strategic planning is the process of identifying where you want your company to be in the future and then charting steps to get there. However, you can't get where you want to go unless you have the ...

As we begin the New Year, we tend to be positive and focus on the future of the year ahead. Some do this in both their personal life and professional life. The best way an organization can address the ...

On a regular basis, a committee comprised of faculty, staff, students and community members develops a strategic vision that informs key decisions in the years to follow. The strategic planning ...

Think big, not incremental. Focusing solely on the short term could come at the expense of long-term success. Integrate external trends strategically. Have a clear plan before you experiment with ...

Nonprofit leaders, midlevel managers, and frontline staff sometimes view strategic planning as one more task heaped onto near-impossible workloads. After all, developing a strategic plan — by ...

In 2022, ESF initiated a comprehensive strategic planning initiative to evaluate and update the College’s mission and goals. This document serves as ESF’s roadmap for all operations over the next five ...

On September 1, 2025, UT San Antonio launched a bold new chapter: uniting The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Texas Health Science Center to form UT San Antonio—the ...

The New School launched its strategic planning process in spring 2022 to bring our campus community—students, staff, and faculty—together in conversation about our university: where we are, where we ...