A standalone product · facilitation
A strategic session for your team
Two days of facilitated work with the executive team. The output is agreed strategic goals, selected solutions and an implementation plan, not the minutes of a meeting.
Stages
4
Working days
2
Participants
The owner and the executive team
Price
From your brief or after the audit
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Four stages
01
Setting the goal and designing the session
preparationContents
A kick-off meeting with the client of the sessionInterviews with stakeholdersBuilding up analytics on the company and the industryThe facilitator selects the tools for the task
The result for the business
A deep diagnosis of the situationA clear goal for the session is setThe programme is adapted to the niche
02
Analysis, difficulties, generating ideas
day 1Contents
Analysis of the driving forces in the industry, an Ishikawa diagram, critical success factors, the BCG matrixDiversion analysis and the "5 whys"Brain-writing, mind maps, the analogy methodEnergisers: "I believe / I do not believe", "Droodles"
The result for the business
The team took an honest look at the barriersHidden problems were surfacedA pool of unconventional ideas was gathered
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Focusing, prototyping, selection
day 2Contents
The user task, the customer journey, Q-stormingUser scenarios, storytelling, co-design, preparing in-depth interviewsThe Pinpoint algorithm, trend analysis, de Bono's "Six Thinking Hats", force field analysisBelbin team roles, "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
The result for the business
Ideas were turned into working hypotheses and prototypesThe solutions went through a hard crash testThe executive team pulled together
04
Results and implementation
post-session supportContents
Digitising the results of the sessionProducing the final artefactsAgreeing the strategic goals and OKRs
The result for the business
Not the minutes of a meeting but a ready action plan
02
The tools the facilitator uses
Ishikawa diagramBCG matrixCritical success factorsDiversion analysis"5 whys"Brain-writingMind mapsThe analogy methodCustomer journeyQ-stormingStorytelling and co-designIn-depth interviewThe Pinpoint algorithmTrend analysisDe Bono's "Six Thinking Hats"Force field analysisBelbin team roles"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
The set is assembled around the task: some of the tools are not used if they make no sense for your situation.
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The product in detail
We do not use template scenarios. Every strategic session is a construction kit designed around your company.
What you get
- Formulated strategic goals the whole team agrees with
- Selected and tested solutions, not a list of ideas
- OKR objectives ready to be put to work
- An understanding of where the real bottlenecks in the company are
- An executive team that has talked through what was never talked through before
How it is organised
Who takes part: the owner and the top managers.
How long it lasts: two days plus preparation and post-session support.
Where: at your premises or off-site — off-site usually works better, the team is not distracted.
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What you get at the end
Agreed strategic goals and OKRs
An action plan with owners and deadlines
Digitised session materials and the final artefacts
Selected and tested hypotheses instead of raw ideas