We help clients build or renew strategy collaboratively with groups of key staff, board members and other insiders. Getting more people involved in the strategy process ensures they end up pulling in the same direction afterwards. As Yogi Berra said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you might end up someplace else.”
Overview
We operate from the belief that the people in your organization know your strengths, risks, and opportunities better than anyone else. Thus, they are the people most suited to craft the strategy. Conveniently these are also the strategy implementers. Usually, we also weave in ideas from clever outsiders, so we are not blindsided by important trends or our narrow focus.
Rather than getting the strategy fully baked and nicely presented in an attractive binder we prioritize moving the strategy forward. This requires a robust learning cycle—when the strategy hits the road assumptions get truly tested, and important lessons can present themselves. Implementation feeds strategic shifts and the follow year’s strategy.
Scope Limits
- We are not the ‘hero’ consultants who will tell you what your strategy should be.
- We seek to work with a broadened group of key people rather than an elite team of strategic thinkers.
- We think it is better to have a strategy than a strategic plan.