Strategy

A bespoke programme of workshops, retreats and targeted research to re-orient your organisation, outperform adversity, competitors and the unknown. Or let another quarter pass.

The landscape has changed. The future will be different. Only one thing is for certain: business as usual is over.

Phase One. Take a long, hard look at how things are changing, long-term, medium-range and now, as we speak. You need a strategy robust across a range of plausible futures, not just the one you are hoping for or the one you fear.

Phase Two. Build a range of options, a repertoire of strategic actions to explore and exploit. This is the list of what's possible. This list is the only thing limiting the scale of your Opportunity, your creativity, your resilience in the face of adversity and competition.

Phase Three. Refine your list and your thinking against scenarios, risk appetites, resources and foresight, supported by an experienced strategy facilitator at every step. What you do now will determine what the world looks like tomorrow, next week, a lifetime from now.

Base Camps: Zero to Plan in 7 exhilarating days

A new venture. A critical challenge. An innovative leap. You can continue to talk about it, gnawing at the edges, put it off. Or you can set aside one week and bank on a sense of accomplishment and a new direction.

Base Camp is a seven day formula, a unique level of support that delivers results that we guarantee.

Residential retreat. 3 days and 3 nights in a totally different place where nothing matters but the task in hand, the possibilities, the Opportunity. Creative, rigorous blue sky strategy facilitation combined with domain experts and leftfield minds sourced to order. No stone left unturned.

Business hours hot house. A day in between to assimilate what just happened then three days in a focussed environment with an all-business dynamic, strictly 9 to 5. Capture, distil, decide. Remote research and in-the-room support teams bridge any gaps to get you to your guaranteed deliverable.

Then leave it with our talented writers and illustrators. From business plans to scientific breakthroughs, the finished article will be back in your hands to put into action on Monday.

Strategic Risk Analysis: Understanding Risk Dynamics

Risk is a system. Threats and opportunities are part of a network where small changes can have big impacts. Once you see uncertainty like this, it changes the way you make decisions for good.

Connected. Traditionally risks are treated as discrete items in a register. This hides most of the ways you have to understand and manage them. Seeing risk as a system reveals more levers to pull, more effective ways to intervene.

Upsides & down. Traditionally threats are modelled separately to opportunities. Seeing them as different perspectives on the same system brings a balanced, more positive approach to uncertainty.

Being human. The cognitive equipment we have evolved is remarkable in its strengths and weaknesses. Understanding which is which when assessing strategic risk and making decisions based on assessments presented to you is essential.