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Assessment and Strategy Design

Clear strategy, realistic approach

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Developing and delivering a bold, coherent strategy that people believe in is hard to achieve. You’re under pressure to do more with less, align with shifting political priorities, and drive change across complex, siloed teams and organisations - all while facing cultural resistance, limited capacity, and unclear data.

That’s where Methods come in. We help you navigate the complexities to create a strategy that is the right balance of stretch and realism.

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Service overview

From vision to delivery

We work with you to create a clear, actionable strategy that’s not only ambitious but also grounded in your organisation’s reality. From setting a shared vision to laying the foundations for delivery, we ensure alignment at every step - bridging the gap between strategy and execution.

Our approach is collaborative and inclusive, involving leaders and delivery specialists to foster ownership and engagement. We craft strategies that speak your organisation’s language - accessible, relevant, and easy to put into practice.

The result is a strategy with real impact: one that’s understood across the organisation, supported by a tangible delivery plan, and built to adapt as your needs evolve. We help you connect vision with detail, so your organisation can make confident transitions and deliver lasting change.

 

We turn complexity into clarity and strategy into action - with plans people believe in, own, and deliver

Features
  • Collaborative strategy development with a variety of key stakeholders to increase buy-in and ownership to maximise success
  • Analysis of current and future capability requirements to surface ways of improving performance, efficiency, and service quality
  • Human-centred approach to ensure your strategy embodies your organisation’s culture and language
  • Tailored use of tried and tested strategy techniques such as VMOST, Target Operating Models, Maturity Assessments, Value Proposition Design, and Architecture Principles such as TOGAF and ITIL
  • Strategic delivery planning using P3M approaches to support you in taking your strategy from conception to reality
  • Pragmatic approach to ensure that any strategy is stretching but realistic and achievable, utilising research techniques like SWOT and PESTLE to understand your strategic context
  • Capability development to help you and your teams achieve your end goals and make changes that last
  • Built-in change management framework to support strategy adoption
  • Benefits and target setting to ensure you can monitor progress
  • Tailored and scalable approach to ensure we meet your needs in the best way for you
Benefits
  • Clear, actionable strategic direction aligned with your organisation’s culture and context
  • Organisational alignment and increased employee buy-in
  • Straightforward, achievable plan to deliver your strategy
  • Support in making difficult decisions on capability, resourcing, and priorities
  • Improved organisational efficiency and delivery cohesion
  • Upskilled workforce in strategic leadership and implementation
  • Enhanced ability to respond to change and future-proof your organisation
  • Greater focus on data and progress tracking
  • Assessment and optimisation of current capabilities
  • Access to fresh, innovative ideas previously unexplored 
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