Activating Strategy


 

New Course Launching November 10th

$799

 

Human-centered approaches for bringing strategy to life

 

Strategy is often portrayed as a thinking exercise—a set of decisions and plans made by a small group. But strategy is brought to life by the people in every part of an organization every day. Engaging the people critical to both creating and activating your strategy is an element missing from most strategy approaches. In this course, you’ll learn how to make more informed choices by getting tangible and running small tests, assess your resources and readiness to ensure your strategy is actionable, and scale and sustain your organization’s ability to support strategy across functions, departments, and teams.

No matter where you sit in your organization or what strategy frameworks or processes you use—this course can help you ensure your teams have the shared understanding, alignment, and conditions they need to move confidently from strategy to action.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES

  • Gain methods to engage and align people from the beginning to help inform your strategic choices.

  • Get tangible and conduct small tests to make confident choices, learn, and gain shared understanding.

  • Determine what resources you’ll need to build and scale your ability to support strategy.

  • Identify the strategic choices you and your team own and bring strategy to life through your everyday choices.

  • Enable action by developing clear plans to assess, build, and mobilize your team's resources

Instructor Jennifer Riel filmed for this course

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Meet Your Instructors

 

Jennifer Riel

PARTNER & GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY, IDEO

Jennifer has led strategy processes at large public and private sector organizations around the world. She advises senior leaders at several Fortune 100 companies and teaches creative problem solving and innovation at the Rotman School of Management. She co-authored Creating Great Choices with Roger L. Martin.

Jennifer Riel, Partner and global director of strategy IDEO
 

Iain Roberts

PARTNER & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT IDEO

As COO of IDEO, Iain helps the company navigate organizational complexity and works to give designers the creative agency to make a positive impact in the world. Throughout his tenure at IDEO, Iain has led multiple design practices and stewarded some of IDEO’s largest relationships with Fortune 100 companies. He holds a master’s degree in industrial design engineering from the Royal College of Art and a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Southampton University.


Iain Roberts, Partner and COO IDEO