Strategic planning is a thought journey - chaos to clarity
Disorganised Noise
No-one is really quite sure what might be wrong, they just know it isn't right. I begin by gathering data - interviews, reports, research, experience - just gather the data. This is the first stage in taming chaos.
Collated Data
With the data gathered, the analysis can begin. Establishing relationships between seemingly unconnected data points allows us to start understanding the nature of the current state within an organisation. Gaining agreement across your stakeholders on the current state is critical as you cannot move forward if you cannot agree where you are. In the journey from A to B, the hard part is not how to get to B, it is where is A?
Applied Information
Once relationships are established, patterns and trends become clearer and can be analysed to understand root causes. This leads us into facilitated workshops which are designed to provoke critical thinking about the key trends being faced and the actions that could be taken to address them.
Workshopped Knowledge
The knowledge gained through considering and discussing the future state vision and options allows us to compartmentalise the work into a cohesive plan and establish strategic pillars to organise the plan into central and peripheral work activities or key result areas
Capitalised Wisdom
The plan can be finalised, critical paths established, cost and resources detailed and key risks identified for mitigation or acceptance. The entire set of outputs is documented in a highly visual report that provides clarity on how to achieve the future state or vision for the organisation. Our journey is complete.