OPEX & Strategy workshops connect operational excellence principles with strategic business objectives. These workshops help leaders align improvement initiatives with organizational strategy, manage strategic risks, and drive transformational change through operational excellence.
Value Proposition
Target Audience: Senior managers, strategic planners, operational excellence leaders, and professionals responsible for aligning improvement initiatives with business strategy.
Value Based Strategy
Workshop Description: This workshop focuses on developing and implementing strategies that maximize value creation for all stakeholders. Participants will learn how to identify, measure, and enhance value drivers through operational excellence initiatives.
Learning Outcomes:
Workshop Outline:
- Value Driver Analysis
- Identifying organizational value drivers
- Value driver trees and mapping
- Prioritizing value drivers
- Strategy Development for Value Creation
- Value proposition design
- Competitive positioning for value
- Business model innovation
- Value-based strategic planning
- Operational Excellence for Value Enhancement
- Aligning improvement initiatives with value drivers
- Process excellence for value creation
- Quality as a value driver
- Innovation and continuous improvement
- Developing value-based metrics
- Balanced scorecard approaches
Strategy Implementation
Workshop Description: This workshop addresses the critical challenge of strategy execution. Participants will learn proven methodologies and tools to translate strategic plans into operational reality, ensuring successful implementation of strategic initiatives.
Learning Outcomes:
Workshop Outline:
- Strategy Deployment Frameworks
- Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment)
- Balanced Scorecard implementation
- OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
- Strategy deployment matrix
- Portfolio management approaches
- Program and project governance
- Decision-making frameworks
- Resource allocation models
- Creating Strategic Alignment
- Cascading objectives and metrics
- Cross-functional coordination
- Change management for alignment
- Performance Management for Execution
- Strategy review processes
Strategic Risk Management
Workshop Description: This workshop focuses on identifying, assessing, and managing risks that could impact strategic objectives. Participants will learn how to integrate risk management into strategic planning and operational excellence initiatives.
Learning Outcomes:
Workshop Outline:
- Strategic Risk Identification
- Environmental scanning techniques
- Scenario planning and analysis
- Stakeholder risk perception assessment
- Emerging risk identification
- Risk Assessment and Prioritization
- Risk mapping and heat maps
- Impact and likelihood evaluation
- Risk Mitigation Strategies
- Business continuity planning
- Crisis management preparation
- Risk Governance and Culture
- Risk oversight structures
- Risk reporting and communication
- Building risk awareness
- Continuous risk monitoring
Strategy Diamond
Workshop Description: Based on the Strategy Diamond framework developed by Hambrick and Fredrickson, this workshop provides a comprehensive approach to strategy formulation. Participants will learn how to develop coherent strategies with aligned elements that create competitive advantage.
Learning Outcomes:
Workshop Outline:
- Defining Strategic Arenas
- Market segment selection
- Geographic scope decisions
- Product/service portfolio choices
- Value chain positioning
- Vehicles and Differentiators
- Organic growth vs. partnerships/acquisitions
- Organic growth vs. partnerships/acquisitions
- Competitive differentiation approaches
- Sustainable advantage creation
- Staging and Economic Logic
- Implementation sequencing
- Resource allocation priorities
- Profit models and economic drivers
- Strategy Diamond Application
- Case studies and examples
- Strategy evaluation using the Diamond
- Refining strategy for coherence
Disruptive Strategy
Workshop Description: This workshop explores how organizations can develop and implement disruptive strategies that challenge industry norms and create new market spaces. Participants will learn frameworks for identifying disruptive opportunities and building the capabilities to execute them.
Learning Outcomes:
Workshop Outline:
- Identifying Disruptive Opportunities
- Jobs-to-be-done framework
- Non-consumption analysis
- Business model innovation opportunities
- Frameworks for Disruptive Strategy
- Blue Ocean Strategy
- Value innovation logic
- Platform and ecosystem strategies
- Digital disruption approaches
- Building Disruptive Capabilities
- Ambidextrous organization design
- Innovation labs and incubators
- Talent and culture for disruption
- Managing Disruptive Execution
- Resource allocation for disruption
- Metrics for disruptive initiatives
Global Strategy
Workshop Description: This workshop focuses on developing and implementing strategies for global markets. Participants will learn how to navigate international complexity, adapt operational excellence approaches for different markets, and build global competitive advantage.
Learning Outcomes:
Workshop Outline:
- International Market Assessment
- Political, economic, social, technological (PEST) analysis
- Competitive landscape evaluation
- Market Entry and Expansion Strategies
- Entry mode selection
- Partnerships and alliances
- Organic growth approaches
- Acquisition strategies
- Operational Excellence in Global Contexts
- Standardization vs. adaptation decisions
- Global process management
- Quality systems across borders
- Knowledge transfer and best practices
- Global leadership development
- Cross-cultural team effectiveness
- Global performance management
