Strategic planning, like change management, has a spotty track record buttressed by reams of research on why the idea and process looks so good on paper but delivers lackluster results. [...]
Strategic planning can smother innovation
RACI concepts to improve execution
Defining accountability and responsibility immediately improves execution rates in any process. [...]
The Evolving Landscape of the Organization
Taylor and Weber brought statistics to management. Unfortunately their concepts often also engendered an unhealthy and unproductive chasm between the new management positions it implied and the workers it no longer asked to think. [...]