Wind back to last December. I was worried. The mood I sensed from the planning community was one of declining influence. That all sorts of forces are conspiring to make the job harder and more complicated. And narrower. It felt like we were being pushed further down the strategy food chain to coalesce, at worst, around just making and tweaking. Not influencing at the level of our clients’ business. We’re a thoughtful bunch and it’s easy sometimes to over-think.