EXAMPLE AGENDAS

EXAMPLE ONE - USING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO SURFACE INSIGHTS AND MAKE DECISIONS

DAY ONE - FOUR KEY TECHNIQUES

8.30 - Introductions, expectations, ground rules
9.00 - A review of the data that people have brought into the workshop (lists will be provided before the event)
9.30 - Scenario Options Analysis (What are the likely scenarios for our industry and business)
10.45 - Morning Tea
11.00 - Market Future Analysis (What will happen in our key markets)
12.15 - Discussion
12.30 - Lunch
1.15 - Lifecycle Analysis (Where our products and customers are on their lifecycle)
2.30 - Discussion
3.00 - Afternoon Tea
3.15 - Portfolio Analysis (What is a cash cow, star, dog or unknown)
4.30 - Discussion
5.00 - Close

DAY TWO - THE SECOND FOUR KEY TECHNIQUES AND DECISION MAKING

8.30 - Review the day before
8.45 - SWOT Analysis (Identify internal strengths & weaknesses, and external opportunities and threats)
10.15 - Discuss
10.30 - Morning tea
10.45 - Concentration of effort analysis (What represents the best way forward, and the biggest obstacles)
12.00 - Discuss
12.30 - Lunch
1.10 - The Activity Hedgehog (What do we have to do to achieve our best possible future?)
2.30 - Discuss
3.00 - Afternoon tea
3.15 - Movement Analysis (What changes in our business will signal that we are moving in the right direction?)
4.00 - Identify key actions, targets, and outcomes (Who will do what by when?)
5.00 - Close


EXAMPLE TWO - USING MISSION, VISION, VALUES AND MEASURES DEVELOPMENT TO FOCUS ON THE FUTURE

DAY ONE - MISSION, VISION & VALUES

8.30 - Introductions
9.00 - The vision statement - analysis of strategic imperatives, possibilities and stakeholder needs
9.50 - The two key questions to focus thinking
10.10 - Key word generation in small groups
10.30 - Morning Tea (wordsmiths to work through the tea break)
11.00 - The mission statement - analysis of purpose, expectations, uniqueness, market position
11.55 - Key word generation in small groups
12.35 - Lunch (wordsmiths to work through lunch break - but do let them eat something anyway)
1.15 - Review the wordsmithed statements for the mission and vision
1.20 - Generate lists of key behaviours
2.10 - Identify the values that give rise to the behaviours
2.40 - Consolidate the values
3.00 - Afternoon Tea (wordsmiths to work through tea break)
3.20 - Review all the statements together
3.45 - Discuss implications and actions
5.00 - Close

DAY TWO - MEASURES

8.30 - Review the mission, vision & values
8.45 - The role of measures in the process - an overview
9.00 - Generate measures for the mission, vision, values
10.30 - Morning tea
11.00 - Allocate the measures to the processes, people, customers and finance categories
11.20 - Add to the set of measures so that there is a reasonable representation in each category
12.00 - Allocate the measures to the categories: level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4
12.30 - Lunch
1.10 - Attach targets to the measures
2.30 - Discuss
2.45 - Identify current and new measures
3.00 - Afternoon tea
3.15 - Discuss reporting implications
4.00 - Discuss the actions that need to be put in place
5.00 - Close