In my definition, a plan is neither cast in stone, nor just an intellectual exercise done because it is supposed to be done.
But what, after defining a model of your reality, and identifying the changes required and their impacts, should be part of your planning activity?
This post is part of a series, first published in May 2009.
Any organization, or organized group, whatever its purpose and composition, has what could be defined a “decision inertia”.
Any change has multiple dimensions: time, the environment were the change is carried out, the “stakeholders” (to simplify: whoever, directly or indirectly, is involved, affected, interested by a decision), etc.
In this post, we will briefly see the multiple dimensions of change, and what means managing change.
This post is part of a series, first published in May 2009.