What distinguishes humans and human organizations from other organisms and their groupings are intentionality and goal-seeking. Wolves hunt in packs and flocks of geese fly south for the winter, but their survival behavior is a result of evolution, not of thought that produces group behavior and direction. This understanding of the advantage that accrues to humans who think and act as leaders and functional group members is why I shudder as though I hear fingernails screeching on a blackboard when I encounter an organization without intentional direction. It's simple to keep doing the same thing; it's thoughtful, indeed, smart to change what you do to achieve a better result (or avoid losing out to smarter organizations).

Here's a list of a dozen statements about strategic planning.  Can you tell the myths about strategic planning from the truths (or at least what I know to be the truths as a certified strategist who has been involved in planning for decades)?