Information Base
The “Information Base” is a re-creation and continuation of the Google “Strategic Exploration” Community. Some items from the Community, e.g. books and television/movies, have been moved to the “Books Plus” page. Select from the “Categories” menu to focus on key topics.
Building Trust Inside Your Team
The teams we create for strategic exploration (Implications Wheel, Strategy Matrix, T.I.P.S. Tracking, Vision) can be either diverse teams of “strangers” (in a community) or diverse teams of co-workers. In…
Participant Comment on the Wheel
A participant in one of Joel’s recent presentations said that the Implications Wheel “holds back judgment until more data is available.” That’s a good line and very similar to what…
Introverts: How to Unleash the Powers of Thinkers
https://www.tlnt.com/introverts-how-to-unleash-the-powers-of-thinkers-in-the-workplace/ Another great piece for facilitators — our job is to be aware of the dynamics in our teams. Over the years, some of our classic facilitator stories revolve around…
Facilitator Tip – Scoring Practice
We push practice in writing implications as a critical way to develop your Implications Wheel skills as facilitators. But scoring implications is also excellent practice. Because you’re going to be…
Influence Maps
The importance of diversity in the planning, scouting phase, de-briefing — and successful RESULTS — for all Strategic Exploration Tools is critical. One focus this can take is paying attention…
Groups Grow Disappointed with Extroverts over Time
Note: This is a very interesting piece of research — and relevant to the facilitation of all Joel’s tools. There are several Implications Wheel facilitators who have expressed a strong…
CEO Reaction
At a Spring, 2013 de-briefing with the CEO and Strategic Decision team from a major international corporation, the CEO stated: “When the team approached me with the idea of using…
Black Mirror
Black Mirror, which originally ran on the British Channel 4 before it was purchased by Netflix in 2015, envisions disastrous consequences of familiar technologies. The show is also a valuable…
Creating Documents
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Top Of The World
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