Downward and Upward Trends from Google

Newly generated graphics from Google Trends illuminates the stagnation and ascendence of certain terms within the business literature."Leadership development" as a search term reveals a downward sloping trend since 2004, possibly reaching a relative plateau at the current rate:Likewise, "strategic planning" yields a declining trend line, though at a slightly slower rate: See this for "design thinking" for a contrast: There is a story here, and Judy Schechtman, Leitzel Shoen and I will be presenting a session on the integration of leadership, strategy and design at the NAIS Annual Conference in Boston on Thursday morning. We would love to see you if you are in town, and will be back in this space afterwards with a few of our ideas.