The bike shed at CERES

Strategic planning

The Process

  • Current situation
    • What's good
    • What's bad
    • Do we need to change?
  • The solution
    • Back to basics - what is our mission?
    • Where now?
    • Explore possibilities
    • Prioritise into A/B/C
    • Pick top 5 A's
    • Getting started

Approach

  • Work as a team
  • Be open
  • Be positive
  • Be supportive
  • Choose the right team
  • Keep it simple (and quick)

Constitution

  • Re-do mission
  • Clarify voting rights
  • Rotate office bearers
  • Succession planning
  • The mission underpins everything

What should the bike shed do?

  • Brainstorm ideas
  • Don't shoot ideas down
  • Don't think them through (yet)
  • Make a list
  • Group like things together

Explore the ideas

  • What does success look like?
  • How do we get there from here?
  • What resources are needed?

Label the ideas A/B/C

  • Having talked through the ideas
  • Create 3 priority groups, A, B & C
  • Put each idea in a group
  • A's can't be future projects
  • Shuffle them around 
  • C's will never happen
  • Some B's might happen later
  • Choose the top 5 A's
  • Come back for more A's later

Getting started

  • Aim to succeed
  • Assign responsibilities
  • Spread responsibilities
  • Monitor progress against success criteria
  • Fail fast

The bike shed

By Mike King

The bike shed

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