Strategy1.
What are 3 industry scenarios that could evolve over the next 36 months that threaten the organization?
What options does your organization have for preempting or responding to the potential scenarios?
Operations2.
What 3 big competitive opportunities would your organization be pursuing if it were more agile?
3. Obstacles
What 3 obstacles exist that prevent your organization from being strategically agile?
What is your organization doing to address these obstacles?
Marketing4.
Sources of competition What are 3 new possible sources of competition your organization may not have explored within the last 6 mo, but could potentially encounter?
5. Potential market disruptions
How could these sources of competition impact your organization and how might your leadership team avert or respond to them?
6. Market vigilance
What strategy could a competitor pursue over the next year that could cause a major market disruption?
7. Partnership potential
What strategy would your leadership team have in place to outsmart the major market disruption considered?
What vigilance strategies is your organization instituting to enhance its ability to quickly sense new market anomalies?
To what extent is your organization taking advantage of sophisticated predictive analytics that could anticipate shifting market and business trends?
Which of the organization’s customers represents the best leading indicator of future market opportunities?
What potential organizations could your institution partner with to drive changes in the marketplace?
Resources8. Recent destabilizers
Have you made major recent cuts particularly in human resources that could preclude your organization’s agility and growth potential?
9. Economic fluidity
How is your organization compensating for recent destabilizing cuts?
Has your organization been able to cut costs to maximize its agility through financial reserves?
Leadership10. Internal leadership
Who within the organization can be tapped as an emerging leader who could augment the formal leadership team to take advantage of market volatility?
Which portion of the organization needs to be fortified the most to maximize agility?
