Strategic planning has long been used as a tool for transforming and revitalizing corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Recently, however, skepticism about planning has been on the rise. Political and economic uncertainty is the norm and the pace of technological and social change has accelerated. There is some disillusionment with planning efforts that can’t keep pace. “We did a plan five years ago and haven’t looked at it since,” is one common complaint. Or, “By the time we completed our plan, we were already carrying out all of its strategies.”