1. Frame the customer challenge and explore possibilities
Frame the customer challenge and explore possibilities through collaborative workshops with the people closest to the business. Start by expressing the central challenge as a question, then generate possible answers before narrowing the options. The B2B Reinvention approach puts the team's experience, knowledge and imagination at the centre of strategy development, involving the people who will have to put the decisions into practice.
Workshops with key stakeholders from Level, a new global brand established by the founders of Carbon Tanzania, generated possibilities that had not been predicted before the sessions began. Two competitive offers emerged for Level to take forward. The practical lesson is to give stakeholders room to explore the challenge together rather than arrive with an offer already decided.
Sources: Ready to reinvent? Challenge accepted., Reinvent Your Way