The process of operational goal-setting is a critical step when it comes to business planning. It's the step that transforms strategic plans into actionable items. I previously wrote about operational ...

In today’s fast-moving economy, disciplined growth often depends on alignment — aligning vision with structure, opportunity with preparation, and execution with timing. That philosophy defines the ...

In recent years, as AI has begun to enter military planning and operational design, a persistent unease has surfaced among practitioners. Even with ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

For years, operational planners have relied on generic software to build the plans that guide every mission within the Department of Defense. Unspecialized tools like Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and ...

The Army provides leaders at all levels training in deliberate planning during their professional military education (PME) courses. However, rarely do these courses train Lieutenants and ...