Problems with Strategy Today
1. The future is unpredictable and unforeseeable changes (new technologies, rivals and market turbulence) disrupt static plans
2. Planning is time consuming, which means you can only afford to do this once a year, making you too slow to adapt to change.
This is why few organisations do strategy today, with many focusing on execution instead. But that's like telling soldiers in battle to fire their weapons more rapidly; it may lead to some lucky hits, but is no match if you're up against rivals who know where to aim.
Day 1 Strategy
Day 1 Strategy is less focused on creating a convincing story in powerpoint and more focused instead on increasing your awareness of the current situation, so you can identify ‘where to play’ and make moves that shape the future to your advantage.
Ready to transform your strategic thinking? Learn more below and get in touch if you have questions: marcus@powermaps.net
Cases
1/ Competing Against Giants
Our client had a small share of a lucrative market, but was being squeezed by market leaders as competition intensified. A one day mapping session helped the team understand where they should (and should not) focus. They identified a series of unique moves that their rivals would not, or could not, respond to.
2/ Overcoming Growing Pains
A multinational organisation had reached a point where the senior team spent more time ‘putting out fires’ than working out how to take the business to the next level. We ran a series of Wardley Mapping sessions for country managers to address urgent operational issues and used the maps to identify a series of moves the organisation needed to make to get to the next level.
3/ Setting A New Direction
The executive team of a major European distributor needed a new strategic direction to reverse a severe decline in the company’s performance over recent years. We ran a two day Wardley Mapping session where executives challenged the assumptions that had been holding them back and identified better strategic moves to drive them forward.
4/ Creating Team Alignment
After several years in the market, our client had built a state-of-the-art online platform. However, the regulatory nature of their industry limited their geographical reach. They needed to expand internationally, but wanted to ensure all teams were aligned around a common strategic direction first. We delivered a one-day Wardley Mapping session to provide the necessary alignment.
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