Strategic Planning
The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes.
– Marcel Proust
In a world of rapid change, constant planning, real-time re-planning, and problem-solving is a must. Having effective ways to think about long-term responses to the effects of changes in social trends, community needs, technology, and products and services is key to organizational success.
Our uniquely participatory approach to strategic planning is grounded in Technology of Participation (ToP) methods. These highly participatory, inclusive, engaging methods are designed to maximize the collective power of every group, organization or community by building shared understanding, establishing consensus, and developing creative, thoughtful solutions with a strong commitment for follow-through. It also focuses on creating a living, useable document, rather than volumes of documents that are never used.
In our structured, yet fluid process, we guide organizations through a step-by-step process to plan for the future in a way that enables groups to be more agile in response, more creative in implementation, and better able to encourage and develop initiative and responsibility in achieving goals. Bringing together those with expertise and a stake in an issue is the fastest way to tackle problems, identify and address opportunities, and define new directions.
