Strategy isn’t a deck. It’s decisions.
Yet too often, ideas get trapped in rounds of PowerPoint. Present. Get feedback. Revise. Repeat. The deck itself takes on more importance than the thinking inside it, and real decisions get kicked from one meeting to the next. However, when conditions are right, immersive workshops can bring people together to make smarter, better (and yes) faster decisions. Here’s how we make workshops work.
1. Design for decisions
Every company has its own decision-making culture, from decentralized debaters to consensus builders. We tailor workshops to empower decision-makers with what they need to be decisive.
2. Come prepared
We’re fluent in your business before we step through the door. This ensures we don’t use up your valuable time getting up to speed. Instead, we can start off on the same page and spend time on new ideas.
3. Give stakeholders a stake
We bring an integrated team to ensure that every angle is represented and every implication is accounted for. We invite your key stakeholders so that the people who will live with the decisions help make them.
4. Time with intention
We structure the schedule around divergent and convergent exercises, separating time for building and deciding. We iterate between sessions and use decisive wrap-ups to bring time-strapped leaders in at the right moments.
Let’s get to work
If your strategy is stuck in slides, give us a call. We’ll pack the Post-its.
Sadie Dyer is Strategy Director at global brand consultancy Siegel+Gale
