Organisational advisory services - Refresh your thinking to transform your organisation
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten”.
Avoid the mistake of rushing into a planning process, developing a hasty roadmap and then engaging in business-as-usual actions. Many organisations make the mistake of using standard tools to design strategies that deliver the same standard outcomes. If our thinking process is limited then our strategy will also be limited.
Innovative strategic approaches commence with reflecting on and challenging our thinking frameworks, beliefs, assumptions, metaphors and stories. Examining these elements is vital as they influence organisational behaviours and decision-making. To truly refresh our organisational vision and purpose we need to think about our thinking process in unique and creative ways.
Innovative strategy starts with a pause….
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Innovative strategy is intentionally purpose-driven, recognising that true innovation and organisational excellence only come when we reflect on the organisation's broad impact and strive to utilise the organisation as a vehicle for positive impact.
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Innovative strategy recognises that organisational metaphor drives behaviour which affects outcomes. Metaphors are the lens through which we understand our organisation. Metaphors are also the language shortcuts that we use to communicate our organisation. Developing a refreshed strategy requires us to uncover existing organisational stories and metaphors to discover how they shape behaviour.
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Innovative strategy includes intentionally choosing organisational metaphors that are holistic, inclusive, big enough and fit for purpose to carry the organisation forward.
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Organisation vision can be clouded by seeing the organisation through the lens of its own products and services, rather than through the lens of the customer experience and the solutions that those products/services provide. Innovative strategy includes gaining a clear picture of the impact or organisational business from multiple perspectives.
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Many organisation limit their strategy through limited and narrow perspectives. Innovative strategic thinking includes considering multiple perspectives and revisiting existing resources and market forces in a fresh way.