Creating a Real Time Strategy
Because in a fast-changing world, strategy can’t be static — it must breathe, adapt, and move.
At a glance
Why This Matters
Traditional strategy-making often happens behind closed doors and once a year. But in a volatile world, relevance can’t wait that long. Teams need to think strategically in real time — making fast, informed choices while staying aligned with long-term goals.
This workshop helps participants build the mindset and tools for adaptive strategy. Using the Lego Serious Play problem-solving methodology and reflection, learners explore how to interpret signals from a changing environment, make decisions with imperfect information, and stay agile under pressure. They do this by making visible the collective wisdom of the group through the lego pieces. They discover that effective strategy isn’t about predicting the future — it’s about preparing for multiple futures.
Research by McKinsey & Company shows that organisations with dynamic, continuously updated strategies are likely to achieve above-average growth compared to those relying on annual planning cycles.
33%
More likely
27%
Lower turnover
12%
Boost in productivity
Business Impact You’ll See
“In a world that changes faster than your plans, adaptability is your real strategy.”
— Anonymous
Designed for
Mid-Level Managers
Senior Managers
Cross-Functional Teams
Project Leaders
Designed the FocusU Way
Behind every FocusU experience lies a design philosophy we call FACETS:
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F
Feedback
Learners get actionable insight into where they stand
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A
Application
Whatever is learnt is applied within the session itself
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C
Contextual
Examples are drawn from the client industry and organization
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E
Experiential
Learning by doing, not by listening
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T
Tailored
Personalised to the lived experiences of the individual learner
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S
Stimulating
Inspiring new thinking and imagination in the learner
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Walk-Through of Learner Experience
At FocusU, every learning experience follows a deliberate arc — moving participants
from awareness to application, and from insight to action.
| STAGE | WHAT HAPPENS |
|---|---|
| Discover | Participants experience engaging activities, challenges and scenarios that surface real attitudes, assumptions, and patterns of behaviour. |
| Reflect | Guided debriefs and discussions help them make sense of what they experienced - connecting it to their personal and workplace realities. |
| Reframe | Learners explore new mindsets, tools, and frameworks that offer fresh ways to approach everyday challenges. |
| Apply | Through practice, planning, and peer feedback, participants translate insights into actionable commitments they can take back to work. |
Every FocusU intervention is designed to move learners from knowing to doing — ensuring
learning doesn’t end in the workshop, but continues in how people think, collaborate, and lead.
Trusted by businesses big and small
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The intervention that FocusU designed was brilliantly relevant for our management offsite. It was flawlessly executed. The exercises got us to smile, laugh, put our thinking caps on, connect but above all reflect constructively about some of our key issues. The facilitators kept the energy and encouragement going but knew where to step back and allow the conversations to move forward unaided.
Prabir Jha
Cipla President & Global Chief People Officer -
Working with FocusU has been a pleasure. We have realised that there is a ‘Focus’ way of working and one ends up experiencing Fun, Professionalism, Learning, Action, Achievement while achieving the outcomes of the workshop. The workshop experience was exhilarating for all participants where some quoted that the time flew as they worked and had fun, we achieved the outcome and felt motivated.
Pooja Malhotra
British Council Management Services Pvt Ltd. Head HR -
Thanks to the FocusU team for conducting a highly engaging, action-packed workshop. The workshop design was innovative; the activities were creatively planned and meticulously executed. Some of the competencies like strategic thinking, innovation, drive for results & team synergy were effectively elicited through play.
Tina Suneja
HomeShop18 Head-Learning & OD -
Thank you FocusU and Smollan L&D team for designing such a wonderful continuous learning program. It acted like small and effective doses to look for what next. Case studies chosen were all relevant for my Global Development Team & I could not ask for more. Let’s plan for some monthly 1 hour on premise confluence sessions.
Vijay Varshney
SMOLLAN Head of Technology - MESA
Frequently asked questions
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All material needed for the execution of the workshop will be arranged by FocusU.
Every single workshop is customized to the precise customer need and brief. Our client advisory team will work closely with you to understand your context and pass it on to the execution team.
You can download a program overview from each of the topic pages. Do note that while this will give you a broad structure of the workshop, our learning designers will still need to talk with you to customize the workshop to your context.
Ready to help your teams make
a Real Time Strategy?
Let’s co-create an experience that helps your people turn uncertainty into
opportunity through agility, awareness, and alignment.