Sample activities include:
| ANALYSIS | Reviewing team composition and competences against the task in hand Applying thinking techniques to hard problems (e.g. critical thinking, systems thinking, hypothesis-driven problem solving Designing and executing strategic analyses Designing and building quantitative and financial models Analyzing and articulating business designs (aspects include business model, process, information, competences, organization, performance management & incentives |
| COMMUNICATION & DECISION-MAKING | Identifying stakeholders and determining their motives and incentives
Facilitating group interactions and teamwork, often using ‘hard’ techniques to achieve ‘soft’ goals Visualising problems and solutions using physical media such as large wall exhibits and electronic media such as mind maps and drill-down process charts Creating Board quality presentation and reporting material and using this to drive decision-making |
| ACTION | Employing professional web-based collaboration environments to manage group and project interactions across great distances
Managing with industry standard project management techniques, especially PRINCE2 Applying improvement techniques such as Lean and Six Sigma Working with selected third parties to provide specialist expertise that complements his own and to handle larger projects |