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.