8 things that may be missing from your City's Strategic Plan

The article “8 things that may be missing from your City's Strategic Plan"
talks about some important points to consider in order to properly execute a city
planning and the policies that should be taken.
In the first point of all the author talks about the importance of having a
strategic plan accompanied by a mission and all the surrounding values.
Vision and mission are almost like the goals we intend to achieve in the
planning of a city.
The author enlightened us and correctly that if we had a clear or strong vision
we are well on the way, otherwise we should go back to the beginning.
In the second point, the author talks about the "Change Agenda" which is
basically where we are now and where we want to go.
A change agenda for the author and something very important because it is
through it that we are going to lead.
Point number three, clarifies to us that after the conclusion of the Change
Agenda we must create strategic themes. Basically these strategic themes are the
3-5 objective ones that we want to achieve.
When defining these strategic themes, according to the author, it makes
sense that we should look at them and see if they fit our vision.
The fourth point tells us the objectives we must take. The author describes
goals as concise and short statements that make us reach our vision when they are
fulfilled.
These have to be also specific, measurable and realistic, in case they are not
we do not go very far with our strategic plan.
Point number five talks about the measures we must take and the targets we
must set to be successful, and to follow closely if we are achieving our goals.
In the sixth point the author talks about, what are the initiatives. This tells us that
initiatives are what we do to achieve an objective. Initiatives are often projects that
are undeveloped, and these must be aligned with the objectives in order to have
positive results.
The seventh point approaches the theme of a culture of change, something
that the actor finds fundamental for a strategic plan.
A culture of change means that we must involve all the people in our
organization in order to achieve the goals of our plan.
Finally the number eight, talks about the importance of leadership. The
author emphasizes the importance of strong leadership in order to correctly fulfill
the strategic plan.
For the author it is a good idea to appoint one or two people to leaders in
order to help others.
According to the author fulfilling these eight points, we can advance with
confidence and hope in order to a future and positive city.