Strategy
I participated in a long series of meetings today, and at one point, I heard the following quote – “strategy starts with process.” Now I fully realize that I’m not a genius (probably confirmed by the fact that I’m typing this just before midnight with less than 4 hours of sleep the night before), but I’m pretty convinced that startegy does not start with process. In fact, I’d say strategy starts with dialogue and understanding, and then once any of us gain the required knowlege to make sensible decisions, then just enough process to facilitate a strategically significant execution should take place.
 I stand in complete amazement at those who brief strategy and yet never really create or verbalize any strategy. We suffered through that today. We heard a wonderfully lengthy “stratgegy plan”, and yet, no strategy was discussed.
I’m on a crusade now. I’m going to lead an effort to increase the strategic IQ of our organization by at least 100% this next fiscal year. It won’t be easy though. We have lots of covert tactical operatives that carry cards with strategy in their titles. We need to focus on those that can develop true strategic plans. At the same time, we need to reward those that are thinking strategically and get them to share their lessons learned with the rest of us. Only through this collaboration and cooperation can we eventually transform the culture of a purely tactical and reactive organization into a forward thinking and forward acting wealth contributor!