Forward Thinking
Welcome to Forward Thinking, where we explore the ideas, insights, and strategies shaping the future of leadership, organizational change, and culture. This is where we share what we’re learning in the field—what’s working, what’s shifting, and what leaders need to be paying attention to. Grounded in practice and informed by research, our posts are designed to help you think more critically, act more intentionally, and lead more effectively in times of change.
Why Your Strategic Plan Needs a Forgetting Plan
Most strategic plans pour their energy into helping people remember new priorities and assume the old ones will fade on their own. Drawing on Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve and research on organizational unlearning, this post explores why old habits outlast new strategy and what it looks like to design a forgetting plan that retires them on purpose.