Milestones

1. Overview of “Playing to Win” process
2. Draft Current TPG Strategy Cascade
   • Define our strategic problem.
   • Finalize the strategic problem.
   • Frame the strategic choice.
   • Generate possibilities.
   • Narrow down our strategic possibilities to 5 options
     • started working through a strategy cascade for Possibility 1
     • reviewed the rest of the cascade questions and remaining strategy steps (barriers and tests)
     • short retro
3. Draft a cascade for each possibility. (working groups)
   • Specify conditions that would have to be true for each possibility to be a great strategy.
   • Identify barriers to choosing each possibility.
   • Design tests to assess the most worrisome barriers and assign responsibility for testing.
4. Refine and review cascades (skepticization)
   • Organizational change
   • Note: our strategic problem was reformulated during this phase
5. Pruning criteria established
   • Lightning refinements
6. Refinements to original strategy cascades based on group re-review
7. Discuss additional possibilities
   • Prune possibilities
   • Final (skeptic) review of cascades and barriers
   • Share progress with stakeholders
8. Design tests to assess the most worrisome barriers and assign responsibility for testing.
   • Finalize test plan.
9. Run tests.
10. Discuss Test Results
    • Make Strategic Choice
    • Refine Cascade
11. The Great Unveiling

Working Material

Google Drive folder

Meeting Notes

Meeting Notes/2015-12-29 TPG Strategy