September 9, 2009

09.09.09: Strategery

I spent the entire day, before driving to state capital, in a client session focused on integrated new initiatives into their long-term strategic plan. This client, a non-profit, is trying to shape a new model for its organization, after 50 years. Such a culture shift, a break from history, a new take on its legacy, is a hard path to choose. The volunteers, leaders and participants of the day, were engaged and yet - in some cases - hard pressed to leave a strong history and test out a new direction.

Safety. Security. Certainty. These seemed to be desired attributes to pair with Innovative. New. Different.

At the conclusion, there was consensus around experimentation and testing to get to the future state. And that, to me, is progress and a step in the right direction.

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