Planning @50: What is its future?
This article is part of a series of articles on the future of planning. Read more.
This golden jubilee for account planning comes with mixed feelings. It is rewarding to see how the formal role of the strategist has been so influential and enduring in our industry. Yet, this anniversary also comes with a sense of unease about the strategist's future, much as there is unease about the future of our industry itself. There is disruption to both.
This paper reviews that disruption, suggests ways forward for planning, and looks at the...