Strategy sessions.
Formulate strategy collectively.
Structured dialogue so strategy leaves the flipchart and enters the plan — aligned with your organisational roadmap and EU policy cycles.
“Not only were we challenged to create a bold strategic plan, we made the whole team enthusiastic for it.”
Strategy stays on the flipchart when the day is a tour of methods. We start from what must be true when people stand up: a direction the organisation can run, in the policy rhythm you already live in.
A short diagnostic comes before the session. In the room we make the choices. The plan leaves with owners.
How the session works
How we design it
Before the day
A pre-session diagnostic maps where you are, so the room does not spend the morning discovering its own brief.
Designed backwards
The session is designed backwards from what success looks like. Vision, SWOT and stakeholder mapping are used when they serve that, not as a tour of methods.
The rhythm you already work in
The strategy has to fit how your organisation decides, and the EU policy cycle you operate in.
Off the flipchart
The day ends in a plan people own: choices, owners and next steps, not a workshop report that gathers dust.
A strategy day fails when it stays on the flipchart. I start from what must be true when people stand up: a direction the organisation can actually run.
We look before the day, then make the choices in the room. The plan has owners. That is the point.
Outcomes
What you leave with
- Pre-session diagnostic to map current state
- Facilitated visioning, SWOT/POT, stakeholder mapping
- Participatory strategic planning (ToP and similar)
- Alignment between EU policy cycles and organisational roadmaps
- Clean synthesis and next steps after the day
Who it's for
Best for
- Advocacy networks
- PR and public affairs agencies
- Think-tanks and institutional policy teams
- Anyone needing a co-created strategy that people own
Tell us the plan that has to leave the room.
Book a strategy session- Goals firstThe session is designed backwards from what must be true when people stand up
- The right methodToP, World Café or a decision round, only when it serves that goal
- A synthesis that travelsOwners, next steps, and a readout people can use after the day
We answer with dates, language and who would take the session.
Practical information
Practicalities
- Duration
- One day, or two when the plan has to be written in the room
- Group size
- Best with about 6–16 people. A larger group can have two facilitators.
- Location
- Brussels onsite, at your venue in Europe, or online / hybrid
- Price
- Scoped after a short intake: length, group size and preparation. We confirm the fee before you book.
One or two days, after a short diagnostic. Brussels onsite, at your venue, or online.
FAQ
Facilitation FAQs
Practical answers before you book a session.
Do you arrive with a method and run it?
We arrive with a goal. ToP and similar methods are used when they help the group reach it.
What do we leave with?
A co-created strategy, owners and next steps that fit your organisational roadmap and the EU policy cycle.
Where does it take place?
In Brussels, at your venue in Europe, or online.