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 strategic trends 2008/9

A POWERFUL TOOL FOR STRATEGY, INNOVATION AND CHANGE WORKSHOPS.

54 cards containing the latest strategic trends for 2008/9
Credibility and creativity in a single pack.
Contains global and South African strategic trends.

Price R2100 per set.

The back of each card contains factual, up to date, well research information designed to stimulate the left brain. This is presented in a concise, easy to use format. The front of each card contains a visual of each trend, designed to stimulate the right brain. For example:

The cards are colour coded into 6 sections: Global, Technological, Social, Political, economic and Business Trends.

USE STRATEGIC TRENDS 2008/9 CARDS TO BRING CREDIBILITY AND CREATIVITY TO YOUR STRATEGY AND INNOVATION WORKSHOPS.

1.  Divide your group into smaller groups of 7 or less people.

2.  Give each group a pack of Strategic Trends cards

3. The groups can select the cards they want to use, in any way they choose. e.g. randomly, by colour, or by dealing cards to each group member. By changing the way you choose your cards, you can change the creativity of the group.

4.  Each member reads a single card to the group. As he reads the contents of the card (left brain), the group can look at the visual on the front of the card (stimulating the right brain.)

5. The group then brainstorms new opportunities the trend provides to their organisation, division or their customers.

6. Once the group runs dry, they move to the next card/s

Improve the strategic thinking of your group.

1.  The first level of strategic thinking is to brainstorm one opportunity from one card.

2.  The second level of strategic thinking is to randomly choose a card from each colour section, and to brainstorm one opportunity for all 6 cards.

3. The third level of strategic thinking is to group 7 or more careully chosen cards together in a pattern, and then to brainstorm one powerful opportunity that applies to the pattern.

Examples of a few of the 55 cards:

• Rise in economic power of developing countries.

• China - the biggest boom in history.

• Food shortage

• Energy and metal shortages

• Wealth and jobs in the Middle East

• Carbon Trading

• Alternative fuels

• Global warming innovations

• Marriage of web and manufacturing

• Social networking

• Co-Creation

• ASGISA (South African trend)

Why YOU SHOULD buy Strategic Trends for each of your groups:

• Add credibility to your workshop by providing up to date strategic research.

• Provide your groups with a tool to stimulate their creative thinking.

• Save yourself months of tedious hard work in doing research.

• Make strategy and innovation an exciting, creative process.

• Allow the facilitator and the group to focus on creative thinking, knowing that all the difficult, grind work has been done for you.

• Solid strategic research combined with creative right and left brained thinking produces better results than you can ever imagine.

Testimonials from the 2007 cards.

"Just finished a mini-workshop with Sasol Polymers in which they used the strategic trends 2007 cards, before my own presentation. THEY WERE GREAT. The group responded well and generated some lovely ideas". Aki Kalliatakis

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