The Phases and Steps of Real Time Strategic Change

Following these phases and steps, you’ll make smart decisions about what work you and your organization need to do to create a successful and sustainable future.

The Principles of Real Time Strategic Change

The six principles provide the foundation for all RTSC work.  They apply to daily work as well as they do to change work.  The more you and your organization apply these principles, the more fast and lasting change you’ll achieve.

Think and act in real time
Live in your future and plan for it at the same time.  When you think and act as if you were already the organization you want to become, your desired future happens faster.

Engage and include
Clear direction with limited inclusion and broad-based participation can both be engaging.  Keep asking, “Who are the key stakeholders and how can we engage them?” to build commitment and ensure you get the right answers for your organization.

Make reality a key driver
Expand your thinking by looking outside your organization to gain perspective and focus inside your organization to gain insight.  When people maintain these two points of view, they make more informed decisions and are better prepared to respond to emerging issues and opportunities.

Get clear on your preferred future
Combine the best of your past and present and compelling visions for your desired future.  When you build this integrated picture, people are energized to make it real.

Create community
Ensure people feel allegiance to their respective part of the organization and allegiance to the larger whole.  When these dual alliances exist, people collaborate as part of something larger than themselves that they have created and believe in.

Build understanding
Share information that needs to be common throughout the entire organization and restrict custom information that meets unique needs to specific parts.  When people understand the big picture and how their work is related, it leads to aligned action.