Description
I once ran a program that had been tested for 7 people in one city. The vision was for this program to grow to 1,000 people across all of Canada. I could no longer physically see the people I was working with, I couldn’t store their paperwork in a file folder, and the collaboration required was intense and very much more complex. Growth isn’t a linear process, so having a high level plan and timeline is really helpful to identify where pressure points will be and how to get through them. Similarly we would explore your growth plans as follows:
SCOPE:
- Interview leading executive – where is the growth expected, what parts of the business are involved.
- Interview up to 5 others to outline current state of the business.
- Up to 5 Discussions to identify the skills, systems, information, processes that need to work differently when at scale.
- Look for alternatives where there are gaps
- Discussions with line(s) of business impacted to review skills, systems, information processes currently, and when at scale. Seek agreement on gaps and potential alternatives.
- Review with leading executive, identify strengths and challenges for growth plan.
- Finalize report, present findings.
DELIVERABLES:
1) Interview notes
2) Workshop with lines of business impacted
3) Final report
4) Presentation (if required) of final report
OUTPUTS:
Growth roadmap identifying changes to people, processes, technologies and information required for scaling the business, gaps that might happen, and suggestions to deal with those.
TIMING: 1 month
ASSUMPTIONS: The key assumption is access to individuals in the company for discussions throughout the process.
