Strategic Planning the Complexity Sciences Way

I got a call from an old friend who was in a panic. After years of success in technical, management, and sales roles he had been assigned to --oh my God-- strategic planning!  He could not imagine a worse fate.   When I asked why he felt this way about the assignment he told me that as a strategic planner he would have no impact on the business.  Gee, and I thought that by definition a strategic planner would be highly influential!