"The choices we make today shape our business tomorrow."

Strategy Development

Our strategy work focuses on futures analysis, environmental analysis, research, strategic analysis and strategic planning. We will help you make sense of the organisational climate; engage colleagues and external stakeholders in the strategy process, analysis and planning.

 

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).

 

Understanding the organisational context – Organisational climate, visioning, span of organisational control.

 

Futures thinking – Horizon Scanning, Driving Forces Analysis, Strategic Questions, Scenario Development, Strategy wind-tunnelling, War-gaming.

 

Stakeholder / Customer strategy – Profiling, Insight generation, Analysis, Strategy development.

 

Strategic choices – Product and Customer portfolio analysis, Risk analysis Preparing for implementation - Operational Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting.

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.