Congress slashed this year's budgets for several ministries staffed by Portillo people: most notably the Strategic Analysis Ministry run by Edgar Gutierrez, a former human-rights activist, whose job is to make government more accountable.

ECONOMIST: It is not at all clear that the army is curbed

Fidelity Investments and American Funds, among the largest in the category, saw redemptions or weak investor interest compared with competitors, according to an analysis of mutual-fund flows done for The Wall Street Journal by research firm Strategic Insight, a unit of New York-based Asset International.

WSJ: Investors Sour on Pro Stock Pickers

Strategic planning is a seemingly logical, linear, step-by-step process that focuses on analysis.

FORBES: Shifting From Strategic Planning to Strategic Agility