Map your strategy

The Symptoms

Different leaders explain your strategy differently, or they explain it so vaguely it could apply to any organisation.

Maybe your leadership group spend their time fighting for their share of resources, instead of prioritising which activities will best serve your strategy.

Strategy exists 'somewhere' but people cannot readily access it when making daily decisions.

There is a lack of clarity on which strategic choices are deliberate and which are accidental.

Common causes

Your strategy may be a combination of written plans, scribbled-on envelopes (now that we've all quit the ciggies), watercooler chats, product and technology roadmaps, etc. Sometimes it's simply unspoken and untested assumptions.

This leaves capable people to make choices that feel right - but somehow don't quite line up. This causes frustration and the internal friction that prevents teams from achieving everything they're capable of.

The most common cause isn't the lack of a strategy, it's the existence of multiple misaligned versions.

Capturing and communicating your current strategy is a critical first step towards achieving organisational alignment and the results your people are capable of.

What you will create

A shared understanding of your current strategic choices captured in one accessible place.

A clear picture of the assumptions underpinning your current approach and that need testing.

Visibility of which of your strategy practices need attention, prioritised for greatest return on investment.

How we get there

Before the session, you complete preparation tasks customised to your specific strategic questions.

These typically include a strategy practices assessment, competitive positioning survey, and exercises exploring both successful and catastrophic futures.

During the session, we bring together all the strategic choices you have already made across your business.

We identify which choices reinforce each other and which contradict, and we benchmark where your strategy practices are strong and where they need work.

We uncover the critical untested assumptions about customers, competitors, and your own capabilities then we prioritise which assumptions to test. and how.

The End Result

Your current strategy captured in accessible format.

Assessment of strategy practice strengths and weaknesses.

Prioritised list of assumptions to test with guidance on testing methods.

Working knowledge of strategic design principles your team can apply.

Shared understanding among your leadership team of current strategic reality.