Let’s hope not!

Actually, there is a lesson here for us, though, and it deals with environmental forces.

The best laid strategies and the highest hopes can often be dashed by a change in one or more of the forces that constantly impact what we plan to do as strategic planners. Organizations do not exist in a vacuum, but instead in a very dynamic environment. What makes the environment dynamic is the Different authors label them differently, but my favorite has always been the acronym, PEST.

Political/Legal Forces

Economic Forces

Sociographic Forces

Technological forces.

These are largely beyond our control, but they are exactly what we need to constantly monitor and plan around.