The Big Reset: Monthly Round-Up
In case you missed it...everything you need to rethink Annual Planning.
Are you ready to turn your Annual Planning into a Big Reset?
As Spring has emerged around us, we’ve been focused on the process of renewal - how as people, teams and organisations we can rally around a new vision of the future.
And here is a quick summary of everything we’ve covered.
1. We explored the The Big Reset
Our first piece dug into the key issues around Annual Planning, with a particular focus on the importance of making the future feel real, focusing on levers not tactics, and taking your planning process deeper into the execution.
This post went far and wide, and was picked up by quite a few other Substacks…thanks everyone!
2. We helped you to Make Your Manifesto
We gave you a practical framework to getting Annual Planning started with a bang: a Manifesto.
Combining Vision-setting, identification of must-build Levers and the right Start Points, this is an exercise that you can execute on your own, or ideally with a facilitated cross-functional team, to make it happen.
We are looking forward to running some of these sessions over the Summer months!
3. We shared our new The LookUP List
We brought you a range of resources and reading lists to help you think differently about the future.
We know many of you went on to read quite a few of these books, we would love to know what you thought!
4. We talked to 4 Future-Making Experts
We brought you four different lenses on how to make the future…
Mel McVeigh, Chief Product Officer, helped us to think about how to make progress with product.
Kian Bakhtiari, Founder of the People, reminded us of the importance of imagination.
Simeon Duckworth, Economist, championed the power of scenario planning.
Lianre Robinson, AI pioneer and agency leader, urged us all the face the fear, and embrace the future.
5. We gave you a look behind the scenes at LookUP
We applied everything we’ve shared this month to our own business, earlier in the year, with some very positive results.
If you are interested in us, or interested in how to apply the learnings, this should give you some quick inspiration.
That’s all for this month!
Next month we’ll be focusing on Trouble in Paradise - an exploration of some of the cultural struggles that organisations are wrestling with right now, and a new prescription for progress, that centres on effective community-building.
See you there…