Below you will find an overview of a case where LeverSource was asked to triage and prioritize over 70 issues facing the organization.
Situation
Technology company wanting to prepare for large scale growth.Complication
Opinions differ on where the constraints to growth exist. Each functional area blames other areas for existing issues.Approach
Held workshop with cross section of organization. The group brainstormed possible nouns that complete the sentence: “This strategy initiative will be successful if <blank> increases/decreases/stabilizes” The group surfaced 61 unique suggestions. Using the LeverSource method each suggestion was analyzed against all other suggestions resulting in 3660 comparisons. This analysis yielded the following insights:- 33 of the 61 suggestions were low leverage in nature
- 13 were outcomes that could not be directly influenced
- 11 were high leverage and should be started now
- 4 were strategic limitations to the growth and the stability of the organization