Stages of the FP Strategy Navigator

• By keeping track of the small changes in your operating environment you will be able to spot up-and-coming trends and be able to target your strategy more precisely to meet the needs of the future. Searching for weak signals gives your company a competitive advantage as you spot the changes in the market before your competitors.

• Understanding the changes in your operating environment is the core of strategic work. These changes are found out by searching for weak signals and signs of change. At this stage the importance of these changes on the strategy is analysed together. A summary of the results helps management to draw up a strategy that has the preconditions to be implemented successfully in the organization.

• The implementation of the strategy depends on the people who implement it. What do these changes require of the strategy implementation? What do we need to do differently? What can we bow out of? These are questions examples of the topics of discussion at this stage.

• Constant dialogue keeps the strategy alive. Remind your organisation about the most important themes at regular intervals. Start the dialogue one theme at a time in order to keep your employees interested and their minds open and alert. An agile strategy is created through open dialogue and strategic alertness.

• Keep the strategy on everyone’s agenda and collect observations on how the strategy is being executed and improvement ideas.