Field Notes
Practical writing on strategic planning for executive teams — techniques, decisions, and observations from workshop rooms across Taiwan.
Articles drawn from our work facilitating strategic planning sessions for leadership teams. Each post addresses a specific question or challenge that arises in the workshop room.
Why Executive Teams Keep Deferring Strategy Conversations
The operational pull that keeps leadership meetings focused on this week instead of next year — and what it takes to break the cycle.
Trade-Off Mapping: A Simple Exercise for Leadership Teams
How a one-page wall chart helps executive teams make explicit choices about what to stop doing — not just what to start.
Preparing Your Board for a Strategy Session That Actually Works
What board chairs and CEOs should do in the two weeks before a facilitated board strategy session — and what to avoid.
Quarterly Planning That Sticks Beyond the Workshop Room
Why most quarterly objective-setting exercises fail by week six — and how leadership teams keep commitments visible after the facilitator leaves.