The Strategic Early Warning System:
Being "dialled in" and sensitive
to the changes in your environment
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate
to the stormy present.
The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with
the occasion.
As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."
Abraham Lincoln
The issue...
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We must make assumptions and work with what we know: Otherwise
we would never make any decisions. But things do change.
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How do we stay plugged in and sensitive to changes without
being swamped? What triggers are we looking for that tell
us we need to refine of change outr strategy? How do we
know how to react when things change, withour revisiting the
whole stratgey again?
Help with this issue... Our service means that...
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You will be conscious of the assumptions you make in your strategy
so they are explicit. You will have considered what to do when
they change
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You will be collectively switched on and tuned in to the signals
in the market that tell you change is happening. Awareness
is the first step to knowledge. You will have anticipated
these changes and how they could develop.
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You will have a collective sense of what to do when the signals
arrive or these changes start to occur. You will be ready
as a team to handle them.
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Your strategy, will be both more robust and more flexible.
When "stuff happens" its no cause for panic.
You can adjust the tiller, handle it and carry on.
How we help you...
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We help you make the strategic assumptions explicit. The
underlying beliefs you collectively and individually hold about
the future. They become a part of the strategy as opposed to
hidden by the startegy. We help you as a team understand
both the assumptions and implications for the future and the
strategy.
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By expoloring these uncertainties and how they might cause
the future to unfold differently you are better positioned to
notice them and react or refine your approach.
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We help you raise, discuss and communicate around these issues
better, within the team, and with the various parts of the of
the organisation, so you can structure the formal and informal
networks that sense the environment and send signals to the
brain to make informed choices.
Other External influences
on strategy
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