Posts by LBL Strategies Team
Strategic Planning and Management: The Argument for Professional Credentialing
The world is increasingly uncertain – progressively complicated by misinformation, disinformation, and digital interference by increased technological disruptions such as Deep Fakes. To navigate this complicated environment, we must adopt “evidence-based” decisions. This requires us to lean on a team of educated professionals, routed in requisite knowledge and experience to guide us to a desirable…
Read MoreThe 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 MoreWhat a World of Difference a Little Foresight Could Make
International Development Agencies are Exploring the Future The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic upended the plans and strategies of development organizations globally. But the destabilizing health and economic crisis is but one of many significant events and trends that are remaking the context for development cooperation. Indeed, there are several economic, environmental, social and technological disruptions transforming…
Read MoreDesigning Public-Private Partnerships for Agility Accelerates Impact
The design of an organization not only matters… it matters a lot. Design impacts organizational performance, customer satisfaction, workforce well-being, and more. Why? Because good organizational design aligns everything about an organization to its strategy. In essence, effective design puts “strategy on the ground” by clarifying how an organization will function to achieve its mission…
Read MorePublic-Private Partnerships for Wicked Problems
Many have observed that the coronavirus pandemic has spurred coordinated action across boundaries, with researchers rapidly identifying and sharing hundreds of viral genome sequences, 200 New York hospitals collaborating on one digital health platform, and all hospitals sharing COVID-19 testing data as well as information on bed capacity and supplies with the federal government to…
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 MoreWhy seek strategic management certification?
At every venue you visit for the services you need, there are credentials and certificates hanging on the wall. Behind the desk of your attorney and CPA are their degrees and licenses; your surgeon and dentist proudly display the medical credentials they worked so hard to earn. Even for professions that don’t take years of…
Read MoreStrategic Trends and the Role of Strategists
By Jim Stockmal, International Association for Strategy Professionals 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…
Read MorePreparing for International Association for Strategy Professionals Certification
Achieving International Association for Strategy Professionals (IASP) 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…
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