All business leaders wonder what changes are taking place in the marketplace and how to take advantage of them.  But not all decision       makers have the time and the external perspective required to really see what's going on in their industry and the world.

We focus on helping teams understand:         

• What trends and patterns are in play (social, political, cultural, technological, economic and ecological)
• What discontinuities are emerging and how they will shape the competitive landscape
• What competitors are likely to do and why
• What opportunities, risks and vulnerabilities are associated with the projected change
• What internal capabilities will be needed to pursue new opportunities

We believe that engaging a group in debates about these topics will:          

• Develop shared understanding of alternative views of the future and their strategy implications
• Enable the senior leadership team to challenge and refine key strategy assumptions
• Strengthen the support for strategy and organizational change
• Help the team and individual leaders understand what they need to do to implement the strategy
• Encourage team leaders to build external networks as a way to monitor and anticipate external change
• Help identify pockets of resistance and how to handle them
• Develop team capability

The result is faster, better understood and more deeply rooted strategy development and implementation.