Hi, can someone with knowledge of WMF's thinking expand on this statement from Lila?
"Starting the process for our next strategic planning exercise, which will be different from last time, and focused on improving our ability to react quickly and adjust as necessary to opportunities and challenges."
Is this implying that the entire strategic plan will focus on agility, or that agility will be a priority in the next strategic plan?
Also, how was this decision reached?
Thanks,
Pine
Am 28.05.2014 09:31 schrieb "ENWP Pine" deyntestiss@hotmail.com:
Hi, can someone with knowledge of WMF's thinking expand on this statement
from Lila?
"Starting the process for our next strategic planning exercise, which
will be different from last time, and focused on improving our ability to react quickly and adjust as necessary to opportunities and challenges."
Is this implying that the entire strategic plan will focus on agility, or
that agility will be a priority in the next strategic plan?
_that_ is a real pleasure to hear ... and if the basic principles are set and with them it is assured no quick jumping left, jumping right happens before things get a chance to properly mature it would be even more pleasure.
Rupert
I don't think that it's meant to imply that the entire next strategic plan will focus on agility, only that one of our strategic priorities is likely to be building a greater capacity to rapidly react to unexpected developments than we've had in the past. So - reacting quickly and accurately when necessary as a priority, but certainly not the whole plan. (I can't speak for WMF, but I'd be pretty surprised if they intended their whole plan to focus on agility.)
Best, Kevin Gorman
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:45 AM, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.comwrote:
Am 28.05.2014 09:31 schrieb "ENWP Pine" deyntestiss@hotmail.com:
Hi, can someone with knowledge of WMF's thinking expand on this statement
from Lila?
"Starting the process for our next strategic planning exercise, which
will be different from last time, and focused on improving our ability to react quickly and adjust as necessary to opportunities and challenges."
Is this implying that the entire strategic plan will focus on agility, or
that agility will be a priority in the next strategic plan?
_that_ is a real pleasure to hear ... and if the basic principles are set and with them it is assured no quick jumping left, jumping right happens before things get a chance to properly mature it would be even more pleasure.
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On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:31 AM, ENWP Pine deyntestiss@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi, can someone with knowledge of WMF's thinking expand on this statement from Lila?
"Starting the process for our next strategic planning exercise, which will be different from last time, and focused on improving our ability to react quickly and adjust as necessary to opportunities and challenges."
Is this implying that the entire strategic plan will focus on agility, or that agility will be a priority in the next strategic plan?
Also, how was this decision reached?
This is a large topic. But quickly: I think the idea is that the next strategic plan, rather than being a document that tries to cover every possibility for what might happen, would be more useful if it recognized that things do and will change -- technologies, community dynamics, etc. -- and recognized that the organization and movement will need to adapt to those changes. (Think about how much has changed since 2009, when we started working on that plan.) So I guess I would call agility more of a design principle.
But I don't want to either speak for Lila or for the WMF, because we simply haven't had those conversations yet with her, nor have we had them in the community. As noted in the last set of board minutes: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-01-31#Strategy_discussion-... the board has mainly agreed that we are flexible with regard to the final shape of the plan, and will work with Lila on the process going forward.
best, -- Phoebe
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