Apr 30, 2015 | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Planning, Strategy
Over the years we have seen many strategic plans being developed. Some good, some not so good. One of the things we have noticed is that there is a basic format for a strategic plan. The first thing that should be noted is that s strategic plan is not a business...
Mar 10, 2015 | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Planning
Have you ever noticed at the mere mention of a strategy planning session packs of large yellow stickies suddenly appear in great abundance? There is no doubt that strategy panning is keeping Post-It Notes in business. I’m not suggesting for a moment that this is a bad...
Oct 8, 2014 | Strategic Planning, Strategy
How many times have you started a strategic planning session with a ‘brain-storm’ to think up a bunch of projects that will form the basis of a three to five year plan? How many times have you been asked by the executive to come up with a ‘game-changer’ that will blow...
Jul 28, 2014 | KPIs, Strategic Planning
It easy to build an XmR Chart is a KPI Software package like Spider Impact XmR Charts fall under the category of control charts used to monitor industrial or business processes. The X stands for ‘Individual’. In an industrial process this may be a quality of an item...
Jul 7, 2014 | Strategic Planning, Strategy
In a recent survey looking at scorecard usage it was discovered that 68% of the responders were using spreadsheets and 11% using free form documents to manage their scorecards. Only 19% were using dedicated software. When it comes to managing strategy and business...
Apr 28, 2014 | Strategic Planning
Over the past three months or so, Intrafocus Insight has examined the strategic planning process in light of the Balanced Scorecard Institute’s Nine Steps to Success™. It is worth stepping back to look at the fundamentals of the process itself. Strategic planning has...
