Collection: Business Impact

"The workshops helped us clarify the interests and intentions of the core team. The whole process was a deep dive into every aspect of our organisation. This gave us clarity on moving forward with our plans."

Roger Briggs, author 'Emerging World', co-founder, Planet Project

"Our organisation provides services in a complex food recovery and distribution network that involves many different entities.

The initial online workshops, which were highly energizing, gave us a clear overview of what we are currently doing. 

With that understanding, we identified three major strategic alternatives and sorted them down to one.

Conversations then provided a step-by-step procedure for turning that strategy approach into a roadmap and plan which led to a projected budget that would extend over several years."

Mike Learakos, Executive Director and Rachel Otair, Program Manager, Abound Food Care

"Originating in 1970, Acterra’s mission is to 'Bring people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet' with a particular focus on climate change. Through Stanford University we have a well-researched set high-level strategic goals for expanding our reach.

Our first two ActionMap workshops, which were highly engaging and eye-opening, have given us a strong shared understanding of our current operations as the basis for growth."

Lauren Weston, Executive Director, Acterra

Techniques "played a key role in meeting aggressive schedules in a major marketing and sales development program aimed at a $30 million annual benefit”.

Bruce Bayless, VP Customer Marketing, Hunt-Wesson

The "process took our start-up nonprofit and systemized it in order for our program to grow.

Ms. President US provides a program for girls in grades 4 through 8 to participate in a full cycle of “running for president” in local communities.

After a few successful years in our local area, we were looking for help in reviewing our processes and exploring ideas for how to expand to other communities.

The workshops and the resulting work products gave us an amazing level of detailed understanding of our work along with very useful process documentation and a substantial list of action items for strengthening our processes and pursuing our expansion strategy. 

Amanda C., Executive Director, MS. President US

"In 8 hours saved us roughly four weeks of confusion and stress, and moved us four weeks closer to providing professional orderly service to our customers” 

Hudi Cantrell, ISST Training in an IT process improvement initiative at Hewlett-Packard

"Catholic Prison Ministries Coalition (CPMC) organizes, train and supports Catholic chaplains who minister to all people who are affected by incarceration or detention. CPMC initiated a project tofocus on developing and improving internal organization, processes and strategy.

This process was far broader than creating or fine tuning a strategic plan. Itopened up a vision for immediate actions, long term goals and the importance of current relationships and needed future relationships.

Karen Clifton, Interim Executive Director, CPMC

"With little prior information exchange, we were able to produce and review an operating model of my MVP (minimum viable product) and create a plan for the initial steps in getting it built.

In two and half hours we were able to advance my idea significantly more than I had been able to accomplish in scores of conversation with several other parties.  As a result I now havea clear, doable plan for moving forward to success."

Craig Becker, PhD, Positive Health Leadership

"PSE Healthy Energy is a science policy research institute that examines how energy systems affect public health, the climate, and the environment.

The workshops were successful in creating strong shared understanding among the PSE leadership team of both current operations and forward-looking ideas and interests, with high-quality supporting documents."

Regine Zamor, Grants and Development Manager, PSE Healthy Energy