Strategy team session

Before the session

Read Days 21, 27 and 28 (about five minutes each), or Module 3 on the cheat sheet.

The 30 minutes

1. 0–5 minOpen

   Quick round: in one sentence, what is our strategy?

2. 5–15 minDiscuss three days
   • Day 21: Where, why and how to win.Which of our current goals tell us what to stop doing, and which are just numbers to hit?
   • Day 27: Every yes is a no to something else.What have we said yes to recently that should have been a not now, and what did it push out?
   • Day 28: It fits on a page, or it won’t fit in heads.If we asked three people on the team for our strategy, would we get the same answer? Where would they differ?
3. 15–25 minExercise: Draft the page

   On a shared page, fill in the six boxes from Day 28: where we are, where we're going, where we'll play, how we'll win, what we won't do and how we'll know. Spend the most time on what we won't do.

4. 25–30 minAction for the week

   Each person asks two people outside the session what they think our strategy is, and writes down their answers word for word.

   Agree the team rule: “Every yes names what we'll stop to make room.”