Session type:

Workshop

Presented by:

Karl Scotland

Karl Scotland Ltd

Session time:

30 Sep 11:15 — 12:45

Session duration:

90 minutes

About the session

Theme: Leadership | Strategy

Constraints don't break organisations with good strategy - they sharpen them. But most organisations don't have a strategy that helps when budgets tighten, priorities multiply and leaders demand more with less. They have project lists and vague aspirations that provide no guidance about what to stop doing. 

This hands-on workshop puts 10 diagnostic questions to your organisation's strategic approach - drawn from the work of Rumelt, Mintzberg, Snowden, Martin and Marquet. 

You'll assess your own organisation against each question, learn from peers navigating similar constraints and go deeper on the gaps that matter most to this room. No prior knowledge required - just honest reflection about where your strategy falls short.

Participant takeaways:

  • 10 diagnostic questions you can ask about any strategy to identify where it provides genuine guidance when disruption arrives, and where it provides none at all
  • an assessment of your organisation's strategic health across all 10 qualities, revealing vulnerabilities that may not be visible until disruption exposes them
  • a practical, group-created poster that translates a strategic quality into plain language with one concrete first action - something you can share with colleagues who weren't in the room
  • one specific, small experiment designed for your own situation that you can run quickly to strengthen a strategic capability before you need it
  • a deeper understanding of why strategic clarity - not better processes or faster delivery - is the foundation that determines whether teams navigate disruption effectively or just react to it

This session:

  • Includes interaction

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