In an unstable world of random change, strategic planning is an oxymoron. Reflecting on my ministry, I discovered that the most productive periods occurred during those times when we had little or no plan to follow. Strategic mapping is more unstructured thought than carefully laid out plans. It is not a science. It is done as one travels.
Strategic mappers ask the following questions.
Seven mapping steps that can lead to the intersections of the future. Let go of the past and the present and suspend all judgment. Find a group of people like yourself who will admit that very little works like it used to. Establish the meta rules. Develop a set of clues to the future.