Transformative Strategic Planning Facilitator
Helping organizations plan & implement transformative change
trans·form·a·tive (adj.):
causing or able to cause a change. especially : causing someone's life to be different or better in some important way
The days of mapping out a straightforward, step-by-step path from here to there are over. Today, effective strategic planning begins not where you are, but from where you want to be—defining a vision of your “optimal future” and then “working backwards”, one creative innovation at a time, so your organization can get somewhere you’ve never been.
Once, this idea of “Backcasting the future” might have seemed restricted to innovators, scientists and technology companies. Now, though, every organization is being called to some degree of innovation—of your products, your services, your systems, your business model, your culture, your messaging, and, even, yourself.
How to make sense of all this complexity and chart a clear, sensible and effective path forward? I’m Jordan Bower—transformative strategic planning facilitator.
Clients
Jordan Bower has worked with more than 150 organizations from around the world, and more than 5,000 business professionals.
Introducing Your Strategic Planning Faciliator
The challenges we face today can not be solved at the same level of personal and organizational consciousness that created them.
There are two types of professional facilitators: those who help leaders mush together what they already know, and those who can guide you to where you’ve never been.
For me, strategic planning is about much more than sketching out a handful of aspirational goals or arguing over verbiage in an airy mission statement.
Instead, my process begins by asking you to consider where you really want to go—and why. In peeling back the layers, I can guide you to focus upon and solve the right problems, arriving upon innovative solutions—and even overcoming obstacles that may have once seemed insurmountable.
I do not approach strategic planning facilitation by working from an existing framework, like SWOT analysis, OKRs, or Business Model Canvas. My process is much more dynamic and agile
Most engagements begin with:
detailed interviews with some or all of the leadership participants
further backgrounding interviews with selected stakeholders or employees
in-depth review of existing messaging (sales & marketing, internal comms, employee branding, change management)
Based on this research, I can help you clarify your goals in advance of your strategic planning session—and then custom design a smoothly facilitated session that achieve theses goals, while maximizing your learning and engagement.
Challenges Your Strategic Planning Facilitator Can Help You Solve
Alignment Through Uncertainty
Bring your team together to address important considerations about the future, and develop the camaraderie and trust required to execute.
Culture and Team Building
Create unity, shared vision and values through discussion, connection and play. Appropriate for teams of all levels.
Complex Problem Solving
Use innovative approaches to see your challenges in new ways—and then use your insights to develop innovative paths forward.
Participatory Dialogue
Talk through difficult or changing circumstances, ensuring that every voice is heard—and that unexpected ideas can contribute to the solution.