The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning - Henry Mintzberg

The most successful strategies are visions, not plans.

The only way to come up with a good strategy is to have a good vision. For example, my vision is to build a school. From there, strategies just come. I don't have to brainstorm like other people. Once I have the vision, strategy will be a piece of cake.

Secondly, vision comes from God. Well, at least mine does. The best visions come from God.

Soft data :: eg. insights from experiences
Hard data :: eg. data collected from research



Articulation :: the act of jointing
Disenchant :: undeceive
Synthesis :: combining saperate entities into a unified entity