In my last blog, I made the case for the value of organizations setting their visions and goals without cluttering their minds with the constraints of the current reality – which are usually identified in a SWOT analysis. Today I offer a different perspective on the same theme. Systems Thinking pioneer, Dr. Russell Ackoff, was a Senior Fellow at Maryland’s Robert H, Smith … [Read more...] about Analysis Cannot Answer the Question “Why?”
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The Classic SWOT Analysis: Better Backwards
The classic use of SWOT Analysis (a review of an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) has been around for a long time in the field of strategic planning, but it can be used in a far more helpful way if it is done backwards. In the classic approach to strategy, the first step of the strategy development process is SWOT Analysis. The purpose … [Read more...] about The Classic SWOT Analysis: Better Backwards