Posts by LBL Strategies Team
The value of foresight and scenario-based planning for federal agencies
The Problem The planning for the future is trumped by the crises of today. Many government agencies lack a foresight office, much less a foresight capability. While intelligence activities may be strong, the ability to plan farther into the future for uncertainty beyond the 5 year budget planning horizon is not common. On March 28,…
Read MoreLBL Strategies & The George Washington University’s Center of Excellence in Public Leadership Introduce New Certification Program: Mastering Agile Organizational Design Certification
LBL Strategies announces a new program for continuing professional development in strategic management, with focus on organizational design. This program will be available in two offerings: 1) Public sector focus, and 2) All-sector focus.
Read MoreStrategic Trends and the Role of Strategists
By Jim Stockmal, Association for Strategic Planning Past President Strategic planners and strategists have for many years focused on environmental factors that may impact their organization either positively or negatively. Whether using a classical PESTEL model – that is the political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal factors – or strategic foresight, we have often…
Read MorePreparing for Association for Strategic Planning Certification
Achieving Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) industry level certification signals you are a well-rounded and accomplished strategy professional. That said, passing an industry level professional certification exam can be stressful, expensive and time consuming; especially balancing work demands or looking for career opportunities. As you begin to prepare for your certification exam follow these tips…
Read MoreWe’re Hiring! Intern or Part-Time Position Available
We have some exciting news! LBL Strategies is looking for the right MBA student to join our team as either an intern or in a part-time position.
Read MoreThe Best Ways for Strategy Professionals to Earn PDUs for PMP Certification
For professionals in charge of strategic planning and management, having a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can certainly be a boon to your resume and your career. But now that you’ve earned it, you have to keep it! What are some of the best ways to make sure you’re continuously earning the PDUs, or Professional…
Read MoreCompanies Are Strategic When They Understand the Process
“The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew” (Robert Burns, “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough”, 1785) If poet Robert Burns were a CEO in today’s operating environment, we expect he’d use that line…often. In fact, is there a better way to manage expectations for…
Read MoreLBL Strategies Endorsed as Registered Education Provider by Project Management Institute
Chicago, IL: The Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s largest project management member association, named LBL Strategies as a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.). The R.E.P. title corroborates that LBL Strategies met PMI’s rigorous standards for quality criteria for course content, instructor qualifications, and instructional design. The Project Management Institute’s network of registered education providers is…
Read MoreLBL Celebrates Another Successful Boot Camp Session in Dubai
Dubai was such a great experience for LBL last May that we had to go back! This time we sent our President, Randall Rollinson, to train a new batch of strategy professionals. Equipped with our new and improved Mastering Strategy Boot Camp program, Randall and 16 professionals from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Uganda…
Read MoreThe State of Artificial Intelligence & Business Strategy
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a popular topic in the realm of business. From predicting IT failures to which new song will become a hit, AI presents many exciting opportunities. This begs the question: how is AI affecting the most critical element of any business — its strategy? MIT Sloan Management Review recently partnered with…
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