Transformational Strategy (IP) in person

Day One

• Overview of strategic planning
• Strategic thinking – a 4 step process
• Historical Scan process
• Facilitating a vision workshop
• Keys to creating a shared vision

Day Two

• Contradictional thinking and transformation
• Facilitating an underlying obstacles workshop
• Strategic thinking and leveraged strategy
• Generating strategies that transform

Day Three

• Implementation schemes

• Facilitating an action planning workshop
• Keys to effective action planning
• Adaptations of the model
• Personal strategic planning
• Implementing structures
• Image change and implementation team behaviour

• Executives, directors who are responsible for an entire company or community in long range visioning or strategic planning.
• Managers, supervisors and staff who must enhance a group's potential to think and act strategically and empower them to act immediately.
• Consultants who work with many organizations or communities on strategic planning, action planning or transformation.
• Leaders who must create participatory plans with groups.

This course demonstrates the power of the Technology of Participation ToP® Participatory Strategic Planning used in thousands of organizations and communities world-wide and is required as a Certified ToP Facilitator.

Learn four important methods for all forms of planning:

• Historical Scan - bring closure to the old, and get everyone on the same page
• Practical Visioning – create a shared vision of the future with any group.
• Contradictional and Root Cause Analysis – safely identify barriers preventing success
• Strategy Development – generate innovative strategies that lead to success using a group’s creativity
• Action Plans – develop practical action plans that inspire commitment and immediate implementation.
• Image Change - how to empower teams to behave in ways that support the new strategies and structures.

Each session includes:

• Demonstration of the process.
• Theory behind the methods.
• Exploration of how the process can be applied.
• Examples from real experience that reveal practices that lead to success.
• Variations for different situations.

David Kraft

"I’ve been using ICA methods for four years now and they have made a tremendous difference in my work. Many of my clients have benefited from them and they have generated positive results in some very tricky and challenging situations. I also make good use of the post course support and I always get first-rate advice."

Yvonne Brouwers

"We work with the oil and other big companies. I am blown away by the relevance and practicality of this participatory strategic planning course, and use it and tell all my clients."

Course Participant

"I really enjoyed learning a "method" that was simple and made sense that brought out facilitation process, participation from the group and created a leadership style that people could relate to and feel included and valued."

Course participant

"The process that was taught of creating an action plan is very efficient compared to other planning sessions."

Lisa Mitchell

"The course set me up to lead participatory strategic planning for our organization just a couple of months later. This will improve our ability to serve clients who are increasing access to safe drinking water and sanitation for communities around the world."