{"id":17800,"date":"2024-05-22T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securedb.io\/kb\/?p=17800"},"modified":"2024-09-16T12:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:55:57","slug":"a-plan-is-not-a-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securedb.io\/kb\/?p=17800","title":{"rendered":"A Plan Is Not a Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A comprehensive plan\u2014with goals, initiatives, and budgets\u2013is comforting. But starting with a plan is a terrible way to make strategy. <strong>Make sure you think through all the issues<\/strong> and focus on the strategy before you call your plan complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and one of the world\u2019s leading thinkers on strategy, says developing strategy means going outside an organization\u2019s comfort zone and escaping the common traps of strategic planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Plan Is Not a Strategy\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iuYlGRnC7J8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more from Roger Martin on this topic, read, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblo4XzFEYnFsWFQwblRmZDlkRUhUbHR5YlhvUXxBQ3Jtc0tuWGoxWVBhR0pyRWVhT0V1QzRFTktIWVBUNXAxcm1TWmVTUVhYbjJ0TzYta3ZoRnU4YnhqX0lsSW03dWwxYWxGQ3FaTWhBdDd4dEVaTE5ONm9qS3pialdWVUh6QUhadjAyOW1kaXdqUUtqd3RFaG0tSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FNew-Way-Think-Management-Effectiveness-ebook%2Fdp%2FB09KHKWB7B&amp;v=iuYlGRnC7J8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblo4XzFEYnFsWFQwblRmZDlkRUhUbHR5YlhvUXxBQ3Jtc0tuWGoxWVBhR0pyRWVhT0V1QzRFTktIWVBUNXAxcm1TWmVTUVhYbjJ0TzYta3ZoRnU4YnhqX0lsSW03dWwxYWxGQ3FaTWhBdDd4dEVaTE5ONm9qS3pialdWVUh6QUhadjAyOW1kaXdqUUtqd3RFaG0tSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FNew-Way-Think-Management-Effectiveness-ebook%2Fdp%2FB09KHKWB7B&amp;v=iuYlGRnC7J8\">A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how to use our <a href=\"https:\/\/securedb.io\/kb\/?p=17447\">Business Planner tool<\/a> to formalize your Strategy into a Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/securedb.io\/kb\/?p=17447\">Using the Business Planner<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive plan\u2014with goals, initiatives, and budgets\u2013is comforting. 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