The SPS on 23 April  announced the winners of the sixth annual Strategic Value in Corporate Reporting Awards.

The SPS is pleased to offer access at reduced prices to online introductory courses on business planning and strategy.

It has become clear that the ongoing crisis presents firms and their strategic planners with a business environment that has the potential to seriously destabilise their business operations, says Nick Noakes, Marketing Director, City & Financial Conferences. Indeed, he points out that whole economies are at risk.

SPS Fellow and Trustee, Dr Llyr Jones who is Head of Group Strategy at BAE Systems plc recently spoke on Developing Strategy in an Uncertain Environment at the IEG Strategy Chief Strategy Officer Summit held in London 26-27 April.

This month a member of the SPS LinkedIn group commented that brand seems to be a visualisation / articulation of the business strategy, and perhaps the best way of communicating the business strategy both inside the business and externally. But, they asked, which is or should be the driving force?

Dr Llyr Jones, head of group strategy at BAE Systems, has joined the Strategic Planning Society (SPS) Board of Trustees.
SPS chairman Ian McDonald Wood says that his appointment is a significant development. “Llyr’s acceptance of our invitation to join the Board of Trustees and his appointment represent an important step forward for the Society in [...]

The new issue of Strategy Magazine, the SPS member publication, has been published. Focusing on the need to reform strategy, expert contributors including Duncan Angwin and Kim Warren offer informative insights that no-one with an interest in strategy will want to miss.
Analysis of how to give strategy the status it needs to transform the fortunes [...]

There’s enough doom and gloom about in the economy at the moment without getting pessimistic about your strategy’s chances of failure. Square Peg director and the UK Institute of Consulting’s Consultant of the Year Phoebe Dunn shares her thoughts on Courting Disaster – how planning for failure can boost your project’s chances of success in [...]

Max McKeown, author, consultant and popular speaker in the strategy field, shares his thoughts on the importance of strategy and the relevance of his new book.
McKeown has a PhD and MBA with a speciality in strategy and strategic change. His clients sit across multiple sectors including Microsoft, Virgin, Sun International, 2012 Olympics, Toyota and TopShop. [...]

This month a member of the SPS LinkedIn group asked an important question: “What do you consider the biggest challenge in strategy consulting?”
A one-word initial response cut to the heart of the topic: “Credibility?”
One member wrote that the biggest obstacle is, “Dealing with the human condition, self interest and the moving gap between perception and [...]