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NEWSLETTER OVERVIEW Board Perspectives Strategic Stockmal Certification Corner Announcements https://mailchi.mp/82aadf5bdbfd/strategic-edge-july-5630744
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BOARD PERSPECTIVES From the President By Susan Siers Radwan, ASP Board President A modern board’s primary job is steering, direction, and protection. This month, the ASP Board has focused on steering and direction. Keep in mind the ASP vision is to be the global standard-bearer for organizational transformation and success through strategy. Our mission is to lead and support people and organizations through the promotion of a holistic approach to strategy management and by setting standards for strategy through certification, thought leadership and professional development. In order to achieve our vision and mission, ASP’s targets for this year are all outfacing. Building on our current strategic plan KPIs, the Board has agreed to focus and fund the following strategic initiatives: Logo/Identity Refresh: We have long known that our name indicates only one piece of the strategy puzzle. This logo and identity effort will strategically position us to be the standard-bearer for the entire range of strategy management as our mission mandates. https://mailchi.mp/82aadf5bdbfd/strategic-edge-july-5630744
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Website Upgrade: Our website has limited our ability to attract the attention of strategy professionals. Strategically, we need to upgrade our appearance and approach to our website. As the initial point of visibility to the marketplace, we want to communicate visually that we are a leader in the strategy field. Our website's look and feel needs to grab the attention of multi-national corporation strategists. Read more
STRATEGIC STOCKMAL Solar Geoengineering: A Potential Climate Intervention or Not By Jim Stockmal My lovely wife loves reading and in particular reading mysteries and thrillers. Early in our marriage, she pulled a paperback off one of our many bookshelves entitled “Weather War” by Leonard Leokum and Paul Posnick. I loved it! But because Operation Popeye was still classified, I hadn’t known that the US’s Air Weather Service actually used cloud seeding during Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. The point of the operation was to increase rainfall over the Ho Chi Minh trail to disrupt the supply lines. More rain, softer roads, slower supply. Back in May, I had the good fortune to listen to a fascinating discussion between Marsha McNutt, the former President of the National Academy of Science here in Washington, DC, and Chris Field of Stanford University’s Woods Institute. Marsha is a geoscientist by training and her specialty is volcanoes. She led the development of a 2015 research report on Solar Geoengineering (SGE.) The big take-aways from the 2015 report were: We collectively didn’t know enough about the impacts of SGE There are no international laws or treaties to prevent any actor from deploying SGE technologies.
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CERTIFICATION CORNER
Association for Strategic Planning Announces Newly Certified Strategists The Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) (www.strategyassociation.org) is pleased to announce the names of those who successfully passed the Certification exam during the Spring 2021 test cycle. The purpose of the ASP Certification Program is to establish a high level of quality and consistency within the strategic planning and management industry so that strategic planners and those responsible for developing and deploying strategy can assist organizations in meeting and exceeding the challenges of the 21st century. ASP offers two types of certifications: Strategic Planning Professional (SPP) and Strategic Management Professional (SMP). ASP members, as well as non-members are eligible to apply for Certification. Deadline for submitting a Qualifying Application for the Summer testing cycle is Tuesday, August 31, 2021, for SPP and SMP. Additional details are available on our website here or send an inquiry to certification@strategyassociation.org. Congratulations are extended to the following individuals: Strategic Planning Professional (SPP) First Name
Last Name
Organization
Azizur
Rahman
Mindglory
Bernadette
Vouk
Allied Solutions
Biram
Ndiaye
UNICEF
Nikoia
Greene
General Dynamics Information Technology
Robyn
Brewster
Allied Solutions
Soliman
Almahmoud
Public Investment Fund
Stephanie
Lee
Internet Society
Theresa
Inman
US Army
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ANNOUNCEMENTS Government CoP Update The Government Community of Practice (CoP) held a quarterly webinar “International Panel: Insights on Executing National Strategies” on July 21. Panelists Daniel Omara (Uganda,) Mazen Dauleh (Qatar), and Azman Hussin (Malaysia) shared experiences with formulating, executing, and evaluating national, regional and local strategies. The event was interactive and wellattended. Our next event will be in September when Woody Stanley will host a Research Reading Group session featuring Dr. John Bryson, a McKnight Presidential Professor Emeritus at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. The Government CoP continues to offer different ways to bring knowledge sharing, learning, and networking to the government strategic planning community. We look forward to having you join our Government CoP events! Our next event will be held on September 9th when Woody Stanley will host a Research Reading Group session featuring Dr. John Bryson, a McKnight Presidential Professor Emeritus at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Click here to register!
Strategy Magazine is HERE! ASP is excited to announce that the latest issue of Strategy Magazine is out and ready for you to read! This publication is written by strategists for strategists. It is carefully curated with strategy content to help you with your thought leadership and increase your strategy knowledge. This issue includes 5 articles with relevant content for strategy today. You may click here to access now!
Strategy Magazine: Have you got a good idea for an article? If you are interested in contributing to the next Strategy Magazine issue, we want to hear from you! Click here to review what we look for and what you need to do to be considered.
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UPCOMING EVENTS Webinars in August ASP's Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) CoP Presents: Entrepreneurial Operating System Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Time: 1:30 - 2:30 PM (ET) Register
ASP Australia Presents: Strategic Planning Software Platforms Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Time: 8:30 AM (AEST) Register
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ASP’S 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Thank you to everyone who attended the conference and helped make it such a success.
It is not too late to purchase access to the recordings from the ASP Virtual Conference!
Recorded sessions will be available for viewing on-demand now until November https://mailchi.mp/82aadf5bdbfd/strategic-edge-july-5630744
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21st 2021. This package includes 18 hours of workshops, keynotes, Q&A’s and content at ASP’s 2020 Virtual Conference Series. Content can be viewed on demand at any time. Purchase for as little as just $299.00 USD for individual registration and $999.00 USD for groups of up to 5 people Buy Now
ARTICLES FROM MEMBERS “How Strategy Found Me.”- A Millennial’s Journey in Corporate Strategy By Caitlin Akers “This is the hardest class you will ever take.” This was told to me by upperclassmen all through my four years at my Alma Mater. The class they were warning me about was Strategic Management. This class was a pass or fail. It required you to take all the knowledge you have gained in the first three and a half years of your undergrad. Well, I had barely passed Accounting 101 and Calculus freshman year so yikes, I was in for a treat. After two years of taking the basic business classes, with other electives, I had begun my junior year in 2009. These classes were starting “making sense” (no offense to History of Rock and Roll) and pertained to my actual degree, which was Business Management. My favorite courses junior year were Organization Development and Sales Management. I learned from those classes that I enjoyed people, the psychology of organizations, and implementation plans. The final semester of my senior year had begun. It was January 2010 and I walked into the dreaded Strategic Management course. The pass or fail test of the course was a strategic audit. You select a company, analyze their entire business with a strategic recommendation for their company. Your recommendations were to either remove dead assets, penetrate your winning spots, stay the course/no change, or sell/close the business. Click here to read more https://mailchi.mp/82aadf5bdbfd/strategic-edge-july-5630744
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STRATEGY NEWS Proctor & Gamble's Path to Constructive Disruption By Barbara Bukovac This interview was conducted in April 2021 as part of a joint report by PwC and the Consumer Goods Forum, “What’s next: How consumer goods leaders envision tomorrow.” During his four decades at Procter & Gamble (P&G), David Taylor worked his way up from the factory floor to the corner office. He started at the company in 1980 after graduating from Duke University with a degree in electrical engineering, managing plant production and operations. Before being named chairman, president, and CEO in 2015, Taylor, now 63, worked in brand management and led two of P&G’s core categories: the beauty, grooming, and healthcare business, and the family and home-care business. (It was announced on July 29, 2021, that Taylor will step down from the CEO role in November, and will become P&G’s executive chairman.) Under Taylor’s leadership, the consumer products giant—which reaches 5 billion consumers in 180 countries with leading brands that include Crest, Pampers, Gillette, and Tide—has delivered consistent profit and sales growth. Operating income climbed from US$5.5 billion in 2019 to $15.7 billion in 2020, on net sales of $71 billion. During the pandemic, P&G pivoted smoothly by realigning supply chains and factory lines to keep store shelves stocked with the products consumers needed. The company also saw 40% organic sales growth in ecommerce in FY20. Click here to read more.
CAREER CENTER WRMA Inc. is seeking a professional and highly motivated Strategic Planner to join our team and support federal, state, and local health and human services agencies. This position is primarily responsible for supporting our customers in defining organizational direction by understanding the strengths, challenges and needs of their communities and clients; and determining the most effective and efficient ways possible to deliver services and achieve their mandates. https://mailchi.mp/82aadf5bdbfd/strategic-edge-july-5630744
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MEET THE MEMBERS Welcome to new members who joined in June 2021 Atlanta Laura Antanaitis Australia Adam Vonthethoff Chicago April Ellison Smruti Rajagopalan Jim Vermilya Members at Large Abdullah Alfaris Saleh Alkhamyasi Rachel Murphy Deborah Pyle
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