Patterns of Strategy

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Patterns of Strategy is a revolutionary approach to developing business strategy. It’s effective and simple to use, yet extremely powerful. Conventional approaches to strategy fail to deliver than 70% of the time (and more than 90%, according to some surveys) because they don’t take into account the systemic forces which are in play. Patterns of Strategy provides a framework and new vocabulary to understand the underlying forces driving strategic relationships and shows how to harness them so that an actor can improve its strategic fit in their environment. It enables the development of strategy for both collaboration and competition. And that’s important because while some organisations compete, all organisations collaborate.ObjectivesBy the end of this workshop, participants will<ul><li>Have an overview of the Patterns of Strategy approach and how it differs from non-systemic approaches to strategy</li><li>Understand the three dimensions of Patterns of Strategy: Fit, Power &amp; Time.</li><li>Understand and have applied the elements for each dimension</li><li>Have practised assessing a current strategic situation</li><li>Have practised developing possible manoeuvres for the current strategic situation</li></ul>TrainerThis course is delivered by Patrick Hoverstadt, (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hoverstadt-3666b4/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hoverstadt-3666b4/</a>) co-author of ‘Patterns of Strategy’, which is the seminal text on the Patterns of Strategy approach.This material is Copyright and should not be used without discussions with the trainer.

This "one day" course - Introduction to Patterns of Strategy - is the first of five PoS courses for learning to use the method for developing business strategy. 

PoS1 Introduction to Patterns of Strategy

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