It has been said that if you are not planning to succeed, you’re planning to fail. A lack of planning will lead to the demise of an organization, especially the fire service. Strategic planning is one ...

Starting a business can be tough. There’s a lot to do and usually a tight budget to do it with. Getting the business up and running and generating revenue is usually the priority, which is why ...

Tompkins County recently announced the adoption of its first Strategic Operations Plan, which will guide nearly 30 county departments to operate more effectively in the coming years. Implementing the ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

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Space Force operators monitor missile-warning satellite data at the Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: Space Systems Command ...

Proactive changes aim to ensure long-term sustainability and growth, optimize operations, streamline processes, and allocate resources more efficiently Reorganization will align with evolving business ...

There is no shortage of problems confronting the U.S. Navy, as salvo after salvo of embarrassing stories attest. The range of problems is spectacularly depressing, addressing almost every facet of the ...

Plan includes organizational realignment, rightsizing of cost structure, outsourcing, and sales enablement in order to enhance competitiveness and support long-term strategy. Workforce optimization ...

Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand experience in a strategic level wargame against a ...

Note: This article is the second in a series about how firms can successfully reassess and reimagine their business models. Read the first article here. Failure to plan is planning for failure. That ...