Being strategic Dave Food Foresight on the Marketplace
Being strategic
Dave Food
Foresight on the Marketplace
Why plan?
People who fail to plan – plan to fail
People who plan give room for spontaneity, Spontaneous people have no room to plan
Every tomorrow becomes today eventually
What's the objective? (Business)
Goal
Plan
Action
ProfitCentred
Business measuresROI (return on investment)
Plan adherence
Efficiency
Errors / Failure
ROCI (return on capital invested)
Be strategic
Thinking strategically Acting strategically Living strategically
Battlefield strategiesI will stand at my watch and station myself on the
ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
Then he replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a man may run with it.
Investment in the right places?
NOW
FUTUREVision
Time
Finances
Who cares?
‘W h o i s a t f a u l t f o r o b e s i t y ? ’
‘W h o i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r d e a l i n g w i t h o b e s i t y ? ’
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2 2 1 23 1 4 0 3 0
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2 0
4 0
6 0
8 0
P a r e n t s F o o d a n dd r i n k m fr s
T h ein d iv i d u a l
T h e s t a t e
T h e r e s p o n s e : p e r s o n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ?
Strategic language High level Longer term Impressions Principles Priorities Policies
Perception is reality?
In your area
36%
39%
11%
7%
7%
In Britain
18%
38%
38%
4%2%
Not a problem at all
Not a very big problem
A fairly big problem
A very big problem
Don’t know
Challenges: DemographyPerceptions of migration
What do I know, what don’t I know
Know your geography - research Know your Business - observe Know your community - explore Know your people - develop Know your institutions – connect Know your departments - discern Know your influencers – listen to Know your leadership - invest
Measures – compare and contrast
StaffCustomersIncome
So what How are we changing? Who do we reach? What concerns our universe? What is changing in our universe? Are we risk takers (opportunity builders)? Do we build wholesome attitudes? Are we integrity instigators?
Some insight into the future Biblical ages Global tribalism Unity community Spiritually desperate Morally bankrupt Change frustration Ethically driven Truth majority
The Rise of China and India
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5
10
15
20
25
30
China
US
India
Brazil
Russia
Indonesia
S Korea
UK
Germ
any
France
Mexico
Canada
Turkey
Japan
Expected Contribution to Global Growth 2006-2020
(PPP)
%
What’s going on?
Challenges: Climate Change
Water scarcity
Demography
Hunger
Coastal risksRecent conflicts
Crop decline
Key questionsPersonal What is my factor X? Is today a history day? What am I here for? Am I growing? What have I learned
today?
Corporate Why do we exist? What can we not do
alone? Who does this affect? Are we learning? Are we making
history?
Some closing thoughts Plan to change tomorrow Make choices that will last
Understand your DNA Develop your culture
Choose to put legs on the vision you have
Want to read some more Futurewise – Patrick Dixon Heart of Success - Rob Parsons Purpose Driven – Rick Warren Contrarians Guide to Leadership – S B Sample Courageous Church Leadership – John P Chandler Moses as Leader – Norman J Cohen Raving Fans – Ken Blanchard Purpose driven life – Rick Warren Habits of highly effective Churches – G Barna Courageous Leadership – Bill Hybels