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| Building buy-in In the latest issue of our member magazine we address buy-in. Developing a good idea or a sound strategy are just the beginning. To make projects work, strategists need the organisation to embrace their ideas. John P Kotter and Lorne A Whitehead outline a number of simple secrets to help you build support for strategies. >> |
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 Food revolutions on the way Food prices are at their highest ever. Two separate foresight reports on Shaping Tomorrow highlight the pressures on farming and global food supplies. Radical solutions may be on the table soon, literally and metaphorically, if we are to feed the world in future. >> Long Range Planning published The latest issue of Long Range Planning is now available. Articles include Strategizing in an unpredictable climate: exploring corporate strategies to cope with regulatory uncertainty, Adapting for innovation: including divestitures in the debate and Managing cross-functional cooperation for new product development success. SPS members can sign up to receive electronic copies of the journal by completing their details here. >> Quote... unquote 
When faced with difficult challenges people should not get bogged down by analysis of why they have a problem and instead focus on their ambitions for where they want to move to.  |
Where are all the women? One question on the SPS LinkedIn group, asking where all the female strategists are, has sparked particular debate. The group agrees that women are under-represented among the strategic planning profession, but disagrees over almost everything else. >> Employees excluded from strategy Employees are major strategy stakeholders, but a new SPS poll has revealed that a surprising number of strategists do not involve employees in the strategy formulation process. >> FRC stewardship consultation The SPS has responded to the consultation of Effective Stewardship Consultation, warning that the lack of consistency in how companies report strategy-related information make them an unreliable comparative source of information. >> Thinking backwards  Martin Scheepbouwer, author of Thinking Backwards: The Art of Problem Solving in Business explains his alternative approach to tackling business questions, and the potential it holds for strategists. >> |
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| Ashridge SPS members are entitled to a 10% discount on any of Ashridge's open strategy programmes. Ashridge has a wide variety of short, residential programmes to help individuals and organisations achieve their development potential. For more details, visit the Ashridge website. Please quote your SPS membership number when booking. >> |
The Oxford Scenarios Programme, 2011 Strategic decisions often assume a 'given' context around the organisation, but what if the conditions of this context change – would these decisions be correct? Scenarios explore 'what if'; to prepare against uncertain times and test robustness and implications of strategic decisions against several alternative future environments. Said Business School is running the Oxford Scenarios Programme exploring scenario planning. For more details click here. >> |
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| SPS news |
| Strategic Value in Corporate Reporting Awards On 14 April 2011 the Society will confer the fifth Strategic Value in Corporate Reporting Awards to FTSE100 and FTSE250 companies for the quality of strategy disclosure in the narrative of their corporate annual reporting. For a full list of shortlisted companies, click here. The event will be held at the Royal Over-Seas League in London, and the keynote speaker will be Penny Shepherd MBE, CEO of UKSIF. The event is open to SPS members and invited guests only. If you would like to attend please email awards@sps.org.uk. Interview with new Fellow Peter Young  Peter Young, Principal of Peter Young Consulting, and the first SPS Fellow in Australia talks about representing the profession in the country. >>Fellowship update Enquiries about SPS Fellowships are flooding in from strategy professionals around the world. Trustee Paul Barnett explains how this is just part of the Society’s new ‘Ladder of Opportunity’ for the strategic planning community. >> |
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