The following is reprinted with permission from strategicplanningMD.Strategic planning is a process by which we determine the answers to two questions and then craft a plan to achieve desires results.

When great minds depart, it is best to remember them through the lessons they passed on. I can think of no better way to remember my coauthor, mentor, and friend—Anthony Cordesman—than to write about ...

There’s a lot you can say about strategic planning. That the resulting plan requires multiple adjustments while moving forward. That it sidelines creativity. That it fails to anticipate obstacles.