Strategic vs. Tactical: Your 18-Month Plan

All too often, people confuse strategy with tactics. We continue to be in a very tactical situation. Tactics are all about day-to-day activities; they are responsive.

Strategy, on the other hand, is predictive.

When thinking tactically, you’re asking: What is the plan for tomorrow?

When thinking strategically, you’re asking: What is our plan six months, 12 months, 18 months from now?

Our world will be changed for at least 18 months. So what should your plan look like?

I have a few thoughts:

• Create a rapid-response team and establish roles.
• Implement war games. Test your plan before rollout to help your company with strategic, operational and tactical planning.
• Be prepared to adjust your structure and responses for all likely scenarios.
• Make sure your suppliers have a plan in place, too.
• Keep cybersecurity top of mind. Situations like this are a hacker’s fantasyland.
• Establish real-time monitoring.
• Schedule a post-mortem: What went right? What went wrong? Where do you need to make adjustments?

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