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ChatGPT: The Playbook is a concept developed by Patrick Lencioni in his book "The Advantage". It is a tool that helps organizations clarify their core values, define their purpose, and align their people and processes to achieve their goals.

The Playbook is essentially a written document that outlines an organization's strategy and operations in a clear and concise manner. It includes key elements such as the organization's mission and vision, its core values, its strategic priorities, and its operating model.

An Introduction to SWOT Analysis

What is SWOT Analysis?

A SWOT analysis is a simple yet powerful framework used to evaluate the internal and external factors that can impact a project, initiative, or organization. By methodically looking at these four key areas, you can gain a clearer picture of your current situation and identify a strategic path forward.

SWOT is an acronym for:

Navigating Change: An Introduction to Porter's Five Forces

What is Porter's Five Forces?

Porter's Five Forces is a strategic analysis framework developed by Michael E. Porter in 1979. It is used to analyze the competitive intensity and attractiveness of an industry by identifying the five key forces that shape it. While originally designed for business, the model can be effectively adapted to a university or college setting to understand the competitive landscape and identify strategic opportunities and threats.

Defining strategy is challenging and even harder to get a group to agree on a common definition. Ultimately, we see the value of strategy in “resolv[ing] the big issues, so that people can get on with the little details.” ¹

Here are our working definitions:

Strategy enables group consistency through definition, direction, and focus. 

Strategy-making is the how and why of changing that definition, direction, or focus.

Strategic planning is the effort to bring about those desired changes.