Planninga From Nanninga
Blog URL http://planninga-from-nanninga.blogspot.com
Located Westerville, Ohio USA
Tags strategy, strategic planning, positioning, business, analogies, marketing, retailing
A blog on strategic planning for business, using simple analogies to get points across.
Latest Blog Posts
- Strategic Planning Analogy #292: Parachuting Cats on Nov 18, 2009 in Tyranny of Immediate Unintended Consequences CMO
THE STORYBack in the 1950s, malaria broke out amongst the Dayak people of Borneo. It was serious enough to call in the World Health Organization (WHO) to find a solution. Their solution? Spray large amounts of the chemical DDT on the island.The g...
- Strategic Planning Analogy #291: The Defining Moment on Nov 17, 2009 in Mission Statements Business Definition Blockbuster
THE STORYI friend of mine who worked in the brewery business used to like to tell this story. There was a bar across the street from a factory that made beer. A lot of the guys who worked at the brewery factory would go to that bar after work. Som...
- Strategic Planning Analogy #290: Strategy is A Location on Nov 12, 2009 in Problem Solving Future Strategy Solutions Competition
THE STORYWhat if we thought of our mental condition as being like a location on a map? Then, if someone said “I am in a state of confusion,” we could just tell them to “Get in a car and drive to a different state, like the state of Contentment...
- Strategic Planning Analogy #289: Basic Training on Nov 6, 2009 in McKinsey Differentiation Risk
THE STORYMany people have stories about the terrible ordeal they went through in Army basic training (also known as Boot Camp). They tell about how the Sergeants yelled at them unceasingly and how the Sergeants tried to punish and humiliate them in...
- Strategic Planning Analogy #288: Bourne to Run on Nov 3, 2009 in Contingencies Strategic Thinking Strategic Planning
THE STORYOne of my favorite movie franchises is the Jason Bourne series. These movies have some of the best car chase scenes ever filmed. Typically, Jason Bourne is driving at dangerously high rates of speed on congested city streets being chased b...
- Strategic Planning Analogy #287: List Vs. Recipes on Oct 28, 2009 in Strategic Planning Context Storytelling
THE STORYLet’s assume for a moment that you ordered a new cookbook over the internet. When the package arrived, you eagerly opened it up, expecting to get some great cooking ideas. Instead, you were horrified to find that the cookbook was nothing...
- Strategic Planning Analogy #286: Who’s Strategy is it? on Oct 27, 2009 in Permission Consumers Pepsi Coke Ownership Positioning
THE STORYLet’s imagine for a moment that a friend of yours asked to borrow your conservative-looking car for a few days. Being the nice person you are, you let the friend borrow the car.After those few days are up, your friend returns the car. To y...
