Jan. 15--EDMOND -- Edmond firefighters are spending this week writing a five-year strategic plan, a process designed to drive fire service operations and provide a future course for the department.

Kane County is considering a strategic planning process to create a five-year road map for the future of the county, which would be the first time the county has created such a plan since 2006. The ...

Healthcare reform legislation has increased demands concerning quality, cost and efficiency of hospitals and health systems. One way to manage these expectations is to create a strategic plan that ...

While critical to a hospital’s success, strong strategic plans can be difficult to develop. Some common mistakes hospitals make when developing a strategic plan include failing to examine the mission ...

I’ve seen this firsthand working with organizations across industries. What used to be a solid year-long strategy window has shrunk to quarters, or even weeks. AI speeds up everything. It’s not just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I enable organizations to simplify so they can focus on valuable work. You know the annual drill: you and your teams gather data, ...

Note: This article is the second in a series about how firms can successfully reassess and reimagine their business models. Read the first article here. Failure to plan is planning for failure. That ...

CAMBRIDGE — During the first Dorchester County Board of Education meeting of the school year, the board heard about an initiative to create a strategic plan for the school years ahead. Dorchester ...

Creating a strategic budget for a distressed company requires careful planning and disciplined execution. When a company faces financial difficulties, having a clear, actionable budget is crucial to ...

Also in this week's roundup of local government news, a Cedar Rapids trails project has received $200K in state grant funding ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about the potential impact of AI on strategic planning ...

As we wind down the last few days of 2011, we are finalizing our 2012 goals and updating our strategic plan. Crime prevention is everyone's responsibility, and along with community policing, it is a ...