Association for Strategic Planning (ASP)

09/09/2023

Sunrise on the Sea of Galilee

09/06/2022

Hello moon

06/23/2020

Can you believe it? Only 10 days left until July 1! 2020 sure has not gone as expected. As my service in the time of COVID-19 and unrest, I can help you put a plan in place for your business for a better second half, no charge. Here's how: https://www.forrestconsult.com/replanning-landing

03/30/2017

How The Mighty Fall. We are seeing more and more formerly great companies fall – e.g. Circuit City, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae. Jim Collins spent five years looking at these issues

10/24/2016

A Local Organization with a Project + YOUR Expertise = FUN Volunteering Day

Free Strategy Consulting Opportunity for NPOs in NorCal: Application Deadline 10/28/16

ASP's NorCal chapter is sponsoring the Strategic QuickFire Challenge on 11/5 at the Sandbox Suites in San Francisco. This event will match 5-10 nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco/Northern California region with teams of volunteer strategists for a full day of free, collaborative strategy planning.

To participate, NPOs must submit an application with general background information and an outline of their strategy project by 10/28. Those selected will be notified by 10/31. Strategists who are interested in volunteering to support this effort are required to fill out a registration form.

http://www.strategicquickfire.com/

04/23/2016

Why do most strategies fail? What can do about this?

Dear ,  I'm co-chairing World Strategy Week this year, and wanted to let you know about our People and Strategy Webinar session - see and click on image below to learn more. Around 70% of new strategies fail. This cost of failure is enormous.Why do they fail? According to McKinsey, the top two reaso…

04/23/2016

Why do most strategies fail? What can do about this?

Dear ,   I'm co-chairing World Strategy Week this year, and wanted to let you know about our People and Strategy Webinar session - see and click on image below to learn more. Around 70% of new strategies fail. This cost of failure is enormous.Why do they fail? According to McKinsey, the top two reas…

04/21/2016

Webinars with thought leaders from around the world

I wanted to let you know of World Strategy Week 2016.  We have lined up five webinars, focused on five critical topics, that you won't want to miss. We have 24 panelists that include people who have worked with the U.K. Prime Minister, the U.S. White House, and the world’s top universities. We have…

07/09/2015

**Weekly Reads** |Change and People Strategy

Saving the St. Lucia parrot from extinction required changing the behavior of the entire island population. The lessons learned can be applied to changing the culture of any organization.

06/26/2015

Volunteer burnout is a challenge for member-based non-profits and other organizations. Older members and not recruiting younger ones are two causes of this dread disease.

It isn't change that people don't like; it's the transition, according to Matthew Kelly, author of The Dream Manager. Learning to manage the transition is what's needed today.

05/19/2015

A glass of red wine is the equivalent to an hour at the gym, says new study

Love a good glass of vino but hate hitting the gym to work it off? This news will make your day. UPDATE: Drinking red wine could help burn fat, says new...

05/18/2015

RT ASPStrategicPlanning: Registration for the next is limited to 20 participants, save your spot today! http://buff.ly/1A50pqh

A growing number of leading organizations are embracing Scenario-Based Strategic Planning as a viable and productive strategic tool to capitalize on unexpected opportunities and drive new organizational...