Posts by Randall Rollinson/President, LBL Strategies

To be effective at performance management, stakeholder engagement and strategic governance must be a continuous and integrated process. Stakeholder Engagement – “To do all that is necessary to get the various stakeholder groups, particularly employees, to commit themselves to make the new strategy work.” [1] Strategic Governance – The role of the Board of Directors…

In our last post on the soon to be released Strategy in the 21st Century, Second Edition, we summarized the Military Origins of Strategy.  In this post we move the Strategy Timeline forward to post World War II. For the most part the development of strategic management following World War II was conducted without particular…

We are often asked about the origins of strategy.  Below is an excerpt from the second edition of Strategy in the 21st Century which clearly documents the role of the military. The military origins of strategy predate recorded history. The rivalries between competing tribes; clans; villages; city-states; and, ultimately, nations have been the natural resource…

As a veteran-owned small business, LBL Strategies is proud to announce that we are a Platinum Corporate Partner with the Army Strategist Association (ASA). Our main focus of this partnership is to leverage LBL’s strategy management knowledge and training expertise to add tangible value to active-duty Army strategists and veterans via the ArmyIgnited Credentialing Assistance…

I recently returned from our family vacation – a time of rest, fun, catching up with family, and time for reflection.  I really value this get-away.  I find that as I separate from “the office” by changing surroundings – both the physical environment and my human interactive environment, my mind becomes more creative.  Each day…

I just returned from the April 19-20 U.S. Government’s Foresight Symposium held at the BRICC in Arlington, VA.  The event was hosted by Air Force Futures in partnership with the Federal Foresight Community of Interest (FFCOI.org).   Included was a presentation highlighting the Air Force Global Futures Report: Joint Functions in 2040, published on AF.mil Without…

The nature of challenges facing governmental organizations has never been more complex, staggering in scope and strategically important. To give governmental organizations every opportunity to successfully prepare, a growing consensus is emerging on the need to do a much better job of anticipating what realities could lie ahead, rather than exclusively planning for current trends…