Shift Thought helps you manage in the context of complex environments and ecosystems through:
- Integrating Knowledge, Strategy and Capability
- Transforming through Change Management, Programme Design and Transition Management
- Leveraging software through Product and Application Management
Shift Thought develops thinking and solutions directed towards understanding models and strategies, and architecting and deploying solutions in order to exploit the opportunities that complex ecosystems provide.
Integration
Knowledge Integration
Content
- Technologies and platforms
- Knowledge integration processes
- Best Practices
- Core Taxonomies
- Quick Start Strategy
Benefits
- Develop shared and collaborative knowledge asset
- Shared vocabulary across community
- Responsive and incremental growth of knowledge
Strategic Development
Content
- Business Strategy
- Process Strategy
- IT Strategy
- Product Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
- Outsourcing Strategy
Benefits
- Wide coverage in terms of developing strategy
- Integrated strategy development process
- Cohesive and consistent end result
Capability Development
Content
- Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
- Balanced Scorecards
- Structural Tension Theories
Benefits
- Development of internal resources
- Development of structures, policies and governance
- Development of processes and metrics
Change
Change Management
Content
- Change Targets
- Change Goals
- Strategy for Change
- Change Structure
- Change Process
- Change Evaluation
Benefits
- Clearly formulated specification and motivation
- Construction of change capability
- Full lifecycle management of change
- Embedding and evaluation of change
Programme Management
Content
- Problem Definition
- Goal Definition
- Outcome Mapping
- Programme development
- Project Alignment
- Programme Direction
Benefits
- Full lifecycle programme coverage
- Focused on delivering business outcomes
- Initiative reuse through project alignment
- Continuous visibility of risks and benefits
Transition Management
Content
- Programme management
- Operations management
- IT management
- Sales and Marketing management
Benefits
- Focused, time-boxed role execution
- Bounded cost, defined outcomes
- Knowledge transfer and embedding
- Seamless induction and hand-offs
Software
Product Management
Content
- Product Positioning
- Product Lifecycle
- Application Development Lifecycle
Benefits
- Building SPM capability
- Feature Prioritisation Framework
- Issue Management Framework
- Product Portfolio Architecture
Application Rationalisation
Content
- Application Portfolio Analysis
- Function Distribution Strategy
- Application Portfolio Strategy
Benefits
- Building Application Management capability
- Function Configuration and Distribution
- Issue Management Framework
- Application Portfolio Architecture