Doing
Turn ideas into action
Use simple rules, small steps, and shared commitments to help people make progress together.
Collaboration becomes real when people start doing the work together.
This section gives you everything you need to run Strategic Doing in real settings — with your team, your organisation, or your wider community.
Here you’ll find practical tools, templates, facilitation guidance, and step-by-step instructions to help you apply the Ten Skills and turn conversations into coordinated action
Plan & design Prepare your Strategic Doing conversation with clarity and purpose.
Good collaboration begins long before the session starts. This section helps you design your Strategic Doing conversation so you can guide groups toward meaningful, doable opportunities.
Craft an appreciative question
Learn to frame a question that shifts people from analysing problems to exploring what they could do together.
Identify assets
Surface the skills, relationships, insights, and resources already present in the room.
Shape opportunities
Link and leverage assets to generate new possibilities grounded in what the group can act on now.
Define outcomes
Create clear, measurable outcomes that align the group and give direction to the work.
Set guideposts
Break the path into simple checkpoints that help you track early signals of progress.
Facilitate & engage Lead Strategic Doing sessions that keep people focused, engaged, and moving.
This section shows you how to bring the Ten Skills to life in a live session. You’ll learn the flow, the prompts, and the facilitation techniques that help groups think together, decide together, and take action together.
Lead a Strategic Doing session
Follow a simple structure to guide the group from assets → opportunities → outcomes → action.
Create safe conversation spaces
Set the conditions for psychological safety so people contribute openly and constructively.
Guide ranking & choosing
Help teams identify their “Big Easy” — the opportunity with the right mix of impact and feasibility.
Frame Pathfinder Projects
Design small, fast, low-risk experiments to test promising opportunities.
Keep conversations on track
Use lightweight facilitation techniques to refocus the group when conversations drift.
Sustain momentum Move from one-time workshops to ongoing collaboration and learning.
Strategic Doing is powerful because it continues after the session. This section gives you the tools to help groups maintain momentum, adapt to new information, and strengthen their collaboration over time.
Run 30/30 check-ins
Hold short, structured monthly meetings focused on learning, adjusting, and keeping momentum alive.
Measure progress
Use simple indicators to track early wins, emerging insights, and signs of collective movement.
Keep teams aligned
Help participants stay connected to the outcome and their small steps.
Build new habits
Nudge behaviours that reinforce collaboration — from closing triangles to sharing updates.
Grow collaboration networks
Expand partnerships, discover new assets, and scale impact across teams or systems.
Tools & templates
A complete set of ready-to-use materials to help you run Strategic Doing sessions.
Includes:
- Ten Skills worksheets
- Pathfinder Project canvas
- Big Easy ranking grid
- 30/30 agenda & summary sheet
- Asset mapping templates
- Guidepost planner
- Commitment tracker
Ready to bring Strategic Doing into your organisation?
Access guides, templates, and step-by-step instructions to help you turn conversations into coordinated action.