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Challenge
How to help develop team dynamics on different strategic priorities?
We had the chance to work with the Tata Communications ‘deep dive’ into the leadership’s priorities for the next couple of years and work on their roadmapping strategy. Our challenge was to help develop team dynamics by visually facilitating discussions on the different strategic priorities and build their roadmapping strategy. Our approach included lean start up, business model canvas and a people centred design approach.
During this 2- month engagement we worked with all departments…
Number of employees that developed a visual story around their own strategic priority:
80+
Number of achtion plans developed to activate the strategy in the organisation:
15
Number of employees reached by an animation created after event:
12,000+
Approach
Iterative co-creation for roadmapping strategy
Our team took a holistic approach to design their roadmapping strategy. We utilized three methodologies: lean start-up, business model canvas, and people-centered design, to create a comprehensive strategy that was tailored to the unique needs of the organization.
The lean start-up methodology allowed us to quickly test and validate assumptions, enabling us to rapidly iterate and adjust our strategy based on feedback and insights. This approach was crucial in the industry, where changes can happen rapidly, and strategies must be agile to keep up.
To create a structured understanding, we utilized the business model canvas. This approach provided clarity and structure to the strategy, allowing us to align our efforts with Tata Communications’ priorities effectively.
Finally, we took a people-centered design approach to empathize with stakeholders and develop solutions that truly met their needs. By understanding the needs, behaviors, and preferences of the individuals involved in the project, we were able to create solutions that were more effective, leading to better adoption rates and overall success.
Result
Compelling storytelling and strategies to move the organisation forward
Our deliverables during this project were visually attractive and well designed communication tools to communicate the strategy but more importantly we embraced a creative and engaging process in order to get there. The process of designing communication helped Tata build stories and strategies that would move their organisation forward. Our fun and creative approach worked wonders for Tata communications bridging the language and cultural gaps quickly so the teams could work more effectively on building strategies based on facts but built with emotion.
Laurens Priemis
Head of Development Center AS Watson
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Leader markets UBS South East Asia
“It’s amazing how Ink Strategy helped us get to the essence of our business transformation and turn ideas, PowerPoint and business language into a compelling visual story that engaged employees. Ultimately, it helped us speed up our transformation. Working with Ink is remarkably swift, to the point and engaging.”
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Deputy director UNDP Moldova
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UN resident representative Moldova
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Group Retail Technology Director A.S. Watson
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HR Director Heat Vattenfall AB/Nuon
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Robert-Jan Coerant
Tender Manager BAM Techniek
“ Working together with INK really helped to communicate our project plan to our client. Like they say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Not only is the message we wanted to carry out supported by drawings and visible at a glance, the process also helped us to specify the text to make it more to the point.
Above all, working together on the visual output of our plan is great fun and keeps the team motivated!”
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