Strategy Development
Our strategy work focuses on making sense of the external business environment and the organisational climate; engaging colleagues and external stakeholders in the strategy process, strategic analysis, strategic planning, operational business planning and capability development.
We can bring a number of innovative strategy tools and techniques to client work and facilitate highly productive workshops. Our experience in strategic planning means we can design and implement a fully integrated strategic planning process.
Here are some examples of the support we can provide:
Making sense of the external environment – Trend Analysis, Environmental Analysis (e.g. PEST), Market Analysis.
Understanding the organisational context – Organisational Analysis, Visioning.
Futures analysis – Horizon Scanning, Driving Forces Analysis, Scenario Development, Strategy Wind-Tunnelling.
Stakeholder / Customer strategy – Profiling, Insight Generation, Analysis, Strategy Development.
Strategic choices– Product and Customer Portfolio Analysis, Risk Analysis, Planning.
Operational / business planning - Implementation of the strategic plan, near term external business landscape, investment priorities, financial analysis.
Case Studies
Here are a number of case studies relating to our strategy and strategic planning experience.
Broadening colleague engagement in NHS Trust strategy – design and facilitation of a major strategy workshop for an NHS trust.
Bringing customer focus to Secondary Care – design and facilitation of a workshop to stimulate stakeholder strategy development for an NHS trust.
“Outside-in” thinking to strategy development – design and leadership of a process to focus strategy development on stakeholder insight.
Storytelling and strategy – leadership of a major scenario planning exercise.
Market and Business Research – researching a market place, preparing and sharing insights.