WHAT IT TAKES

In the new world, we leverage the power of digital to enable faster/better ways to stay connected. This ensures coherence and consistency when remote or when together. These tools are tailored to the blueprints and frameworks we create each time and are designed for convenience as we collaborate with teams to achieve the end in mind.

Virtuous workflows for more virtual worlds

By using online assessments we can quickly test for strategic and operational coherence. These tests ensure alignment, spots for gaps and challenges and acts as a baseline for mission clarity.

They often give insights that alter the ‘exam question’ - the provocation that drives the need for change in the first place.

In over 2000 cases we have learned what conversations are required to ensure we tackle the challenge fully. This gives us the chance to test assumptions, challenge conventions and ensure that operations match the aspirations of the vision, mission and purpose.

Let’s not solve the wrong problems really well.

Every conversation leads to other conversations and given the analysis and program configuration we have a rigorous series of modules together with proven questions set against each domain.

They are all connected and interdependent because the whole business case is a system.

Every situation is different but at a high level, there are a series of primary modules - connected lenses into the operation that need to be clarified for any result and outcome to be valid.

Sub-modules carry the critical underlying detail and are the primary focus throughout each assignment.

By not revealing all the complexity at any one time we overcome the natural fear in the team’s minds of too much information. Because we are looking after all the complexity behind the scenes we simply highlight small sections of the conversation as needed and at the right time - in the right sequence.

It works.

Every aspect of the business case can come to life in a number of modalities. As stimulation for groups to think in the first place, to honour the established positions once they are established, to communicate with stakeholders who were not present and to widen the sphere of influence rapidly through inclusion.

Telling the story as well as creating it.

Using digital tools it is possible to be collaborative 24 x 7. By using structured visual techniques we can co-create with distributed teams ahead of being on the ground to validate the teams thinking over time.

We will facilitate, challenge and support teams to engineer their thinking as the ‘blueprints’ emerge.

This is an example of a classic day in the life of an assignment where the leadership teams are able to align around all the analyses and evaluations of the work done in advance. Typically such sessions are two to three days and require a few weeks of preparation.

We consider this approach an accelerated workflow that reduces the distance to value and ROI. We use many tools and techniques to ensure collaboration and this involves large scale visual techniques that bring teams and leaders together to create high-quality results quickly.

Structured Visual Thinking™ at scale

Once the frameworks are built and the session synthesis is complete it is crucial to sustain the energy, commitment and integrity of what was agreed. Unless there is good reason to agree that things have changed in which case the strategy or plan will be updated. This assessment and report do that through online and self-assessment tools designed for the task.

The only successful strategies are those that can be told. By working ‘visual-first’ we can convey large amounts of comprehensive information far faster than by any other means.

The results and by-products of our approach are high-quality artefacts that can be used to encourage engagement and understanding deployment at scale.

We have built unique platforms and tools to sustain the deployment and use of the tools. Because the world changes so should the blueprints and frameworks. the difference in using the platform is that these are iterations rather than revolutions.

Everyone can stay connected to the changing world in which strategy and plans exist.