Think Tanks and Vision Statements

Ever wanted to run a think tank and really get something accomplished?  Most teams struggle when it comes to the “execute” part after the think tank but in reality you could avoid all that with one simple step during the think tank session.  The answer to this is sometimes even buried in your own Company’s Vision statement when you overlook the fact that the word you have been looking for all along is right in front of you.

Vision,,, the trick is to actually run this step during the session and use it to increase your level of success on the far end of the task at hand.  Example, ask one of the team members what they will see when we take what we thought up in the “think tank” and put it into play.   This is pretty basic NLP stuff but yes, you will start the process of change based on your never sleeping un-conscience mind of following through.

Ahhh, you say, the “Vision” statement literally means “visualize” what you will see when xxxxx is accomplished.  Sounds trick right?  Well it is and people have been using this for years you just might not have heard or seen it pitched this way.  Play the game and see what you get.

Also make sure you run “outcome” based tanks ensuring it doesn’t turn into a “biiitch” session of all the stuff you aren’t getting done piled on top of the new found ideas you just came up with.

Examples;

“Bob what will that look like in 90 days, seriously describe it to me.”

“Susan, what will you hear from your staff when that is really in place.”

“Tim how will you feel walking to your next client knowing we have this system in place?”

These are just a few examples of some great questions to ask based on the “other side” of your hard effort of coming up with a plan in the first place.

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