Future Compass · the start of your transformation
Ideas become a plan that your whole leadership team supports.
Not a strategy paper – a roadmap for 24 months
Transformations rarely fail because of the strategy. They fail because nobody in the room can say exactly where the company stands, what needs to happen next – and whether the organisation has enough strength for the next step. The Future Compass creates this clarity: a shared vision, a strategy, clear goals and a plan that works in day-to-day business.
- Beforehand: interviews & analysis
- 2-day workshop with your leadership team
- Clear direction for your company
- Definition of your transformation project
- Your roadmap for the next 24 months
Scope: 10 consulting days including a two-day workshop with your leadership team
Sound familiar?
Many initiatives, but no common direction.
Everyone pulls in a different direction
Sales, production, development and finance pursue their own goals. The leadership team lacks a shared picture of where the journey is heading.
Strategy papers gather dust
There have already been retreats and concepts. In the end, a document remained – but no implementation that reached day-to-day business.
Too many open issues at once
Everything is important, nothing gets finished. What is missing is a clear priority on which projects make the biggest difference now.
When the Future Compass pays off
At the start – or when things stall along the way
At the start of a transformation
Your leadership team has not yet found a common language for the change. The Future Compass brings everyone to one table and onto one shared map – before the actual work begins.
When progress stalls
The change is under way, but it isn’t moving forward – and nobody knows exactly why: is it the process, the skills, the leadership or the energy of the organisation? The Future Compass makes it visible.
The method
Five dimensions make your situation tangible
Instead of discussing change in the abstract, the Future Compass works with four cardinal directions and a centre. Each stands for a key leadership question. This way you capture both sides of every transformation: the factual and the human.
- North – vision & strategy: Where do you want to go? Which goals and strategic projects matter over the coming years?
- East – processes & organisation: How efficient are your cross-departmental processes? Is your organisation set up for the future?
- South – leadership & culture: How well do leadership and collaboration work – and where is the potential?
- West – business model, product & skills: Are your business model and products fit for the future? Do you have the skills for tomorrow?
- The centre – energy & dynamics: Where is there momentum, where inertia and resistance?
Your advantage: Everyone in the room talks about the same picture. That reduces the friction that arises when every manager brings their own idea of “where we stand” – and it shows the real capacity to deliver beyond glossy slides.
Your benefits
What you will have at the end
An assessment of where you stand
From interviews and data analysis: where does your company really stand – from the perspective of your managers and based on figures, data and facts?
A shared North Star
A clear vision condensed into a few sentences and the main fields of action for the change – developed together and therefore supported together.
A transformation project
5–10 sub-projects with project name, project lead, team, target picture, milestones and schedule, prioritised and roughly planned for 24 months.
A spirit of new beginnings
Your team leaves the workshop with a plan it has developed itself. If you wish, we start the implementation with a kick-off for everyone involved.
How it works
Six steps to your transformation project
The workshop is part of a consulting process lasting around 12 weeks.
Step 1
Clarifying the assignment
Goals, participants and planning – including inviting the management team. Agreement of a consulting contract including a non-disclosure agreement.
Step 2
Preliminary interviews and data analysis
Conversations with all workshop participants along guiding questions on all five dimensions, plus an analysis of your figures, data and facts.
Step 3
Report
We bring the results together in a report and propose concrete fields of action – the basis for the workshop.
Step 4
“Future Compass” workshop
Two days with your management team in a hotel of your choice, away from day-to-day business.
Step 5
Results
You receive the summary: report, Future Compass and transformation project including sub-projects and time horizon.
Step 6 · optional
Kick-off
If you decide to implement: a follow-up workshop with everyone involved as the concrete start of your transformation.
The core
The workshop: two days, four parts
Part 1
Assessing where you stand
Your team validates the report and discusses the challenges.
Part 2
Main fields of action
Your team defines the fields of action and focal points of the change.
Part 3
Sub-projects
Usually 5–10 sub-projects, each with a project lead, team, target picture, milestones and schedule.
Part 4
Transformation project
Setting priorities and starting the rough planning for the next 24 months.
Scope and team
A clear framework, an experienced team
Future Compass · 10 consulting days
10 consulting days
For the entire process over around twelve weeks, including two workshop days with your leadership team. The scope may vary depending on the situation.
Delivered by Weert Jacobsen-Kramer and experienced colleagues from the TEAMTHINK consulting team. We discuss the terms with you in a conversation and set them out in an individual proposal. Our services are aimed exclusively at businesses.
What you contribute
- Your management team takes the time for interviews and two workshop days
- Access to the relevant key figures and documents
- A workshop venue away from day-to-day business – we are happy to advise you on the choice
- The willingness to take an honest look at your own company
Tip: If you would like a quick outside view first, start with the On-site Quick Check.
Your path to the Future Compass
How to get to your Future Compass
Getting to know each other
In a no-obligation conversation, we clarify your situation and whether the Future Compass is the right starting point.
Proposal and preparation
You receive a proposal for your purchasing department. We then clarify goals, participants and interview partners.
Future Compass
Interviews and analysis beforehand, then a two-day workshop with your management team. Result: vision, strategy and goals, a defined transformation project with sub-projects and a roadmap for 24 months.
Contact
Let’s talk about your Future Compass
Tell us briefly where your company stands and what you are planning. Choose a suitable time for a no-obligation conversation directly.
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