Stick this in your stovepipe

Purpose – This article provides opinions about key issues in strategy and the future to the readership. Design/methodology/approach – This article is an opinion column. Findings – Organizational “stovepipes” must be managed very carefully. Research limitations/implications – Based not on rigorous research but on the author's experience of planning engagements across a wide variety of private and public enterprises. Practical implications – Alerts readers to the importance of organizational management. Originality/value – Expresses opinions that the author believes have not been expressed in quite this way before.