Strategic Planning: Strategic Visioning Session and Next Steps

Strategic Planning:Strategic Visioning Sessionand Next Steps

Charlie ChadwickPresident

Strategic Planning: July 2011 Meeting• Sense of the Board in July that the “ten-year look”

discussions needed to be developed further.• Facilitator provided written report, summarizing the

July discussion. • Executive Committee was to use knowledge

management tool to focus the discussion further. Chose concept mapping as approach.

• Two ‘concept mapping’ sessions were held in October, using expert facilitator (Brian Moon).

• Each group started from same baseline information: the Strategic Plan, and the July session report.

Concept Mapping• A concept map is a diagram showing the

relationships among concepts. They are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge.

• Charlie Chadwick• Larry Trowel• Russ Blaine• Steven Schooner• Bill Kaplan• Neal Couture

• Karen Wilson• Elliott Branch• Po Collins• Neal Couture• Carly Cox (CMLDP grad)• Sara Brown (CMLDP

grad)

October 14• Focus on what the

environment would look like in 10 years.

• Austerity and misalignment of politics and government.

• Lead-times stretching, workforce stretching.

• Shifting risk balance, risk aversion, reflected in contract types.

October 17• Focus on what the workforce will look like in 10

years.• Emerging generation will need a practical

experience base to succeed – making sense of complexity.

• Workforce operating in a global context, NCMA opportunity for expanded services and constituency.