About this session
Strategy and Innovation Retreat is a full-day, in-person strategy retreat for teams who need focused time away to solve a big problem or plan the year ahead.
Facilitators use design thinking and future scenarios to help the team explore options, with energizers and breaks that keep the thinking fresh.
Teams leave with ideas tested, prioritized and turned into a plan. The retreat is priced per facilitated day, with venue, accommodation, food and travel quoted for your group and dates.
What your people take away
- Frame a big challenge as one clear question
- Explore how different futures could affect your plans
- Generate ideas using design thinking methods
- Test and prioritize ideas against agreed criteria
- Turn the best ideas into a plan with owners
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What the session covers
Full day
From big question to planFacilitators guide the team from framing the challenge through future scenarios, idea generation and testing. The day ends with prioritized ideas turned into a plan with owners.
- Frame the challenge
- Explore possible futures
- Generate and test ideas
- Prioritize and plan
What’s covered
Frame the challenge
- Agree the question you're solvingThe team turns a broad problem or planning goal into one clear question to work on.
- Gather what you already knowParticipants share evidence, customer insight and constraints that shape the challenge.
Explore possible futures
- Map trends and uncertaintiesTeams identify the changes most likely to affect their work and the ones least certain.
- Build simple future scenariosGroups sketch two or three plausible futures to test how well current plans hold up.
Generate and test ideas
- Use design thinking to create optionsStructured methods help the team generate many ideas before narrowing down.
- Prototype the strongest ideas quicklyGroups turn their best ideas into quick sketches, storyboards or simple models.
- Test ideas against real criteriaTeams check each idea against customer value, feasibility and fit with the scenarios.
- Keep energy up between sessionsShort energizers and breaks keep thinking fresh through the day.
Prioritize and plan
- Choose what to take forwardThe team prioritizes ideas using agreed criteria and decides what to stop or park.
- Turn priorities into a planEach priority gets an owner, first steps, milestones and a date to review progress.
Tools and materials
- Challenge framing canvas
- Trends and uncertainties map
- Scenario cards
- Idea generation templates
- Prioritization matrix
- Action plan template
Who it’s for
- Leadership and strategy teams
- Product and innovation teams
- Teams planning the year ahead
- Cross-functional groups facing a shared problem
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Strategy and Innovation Retreat
How long is Strategy and Innovation Retreat?
Strategy and Innovation Retreat runs as Full day. You choose the length when you book.
Can Strategy and Innovation Retreat be delivered online or in person?
It is delivered in person, at your site, in any country.
How do we book Strategy and Innovation Retreat?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Strategy and Innovation Retreat to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.