The Lucidity Guild Of North America
The NextAct Planning™ Process
What will you do today to be ready for an uncertain tomorrow?
Training Your teams to dream, think and build-- consistently better than the competition
Adaptability, Innovation and Creativity must become core planning competencies in our increasingly complex and uncertain business landscape
Unrealized Growth Expectations? We can help
- Research & Development Process Review
- Highly Disciplined and Innovative Strategy Planning Program
- Organizational Optimization
- Science, Engineering & Technology Validation
- World-Class Scientists, Technologists and Managers Dedicated to Small and Midmarket Firms in North America
Dream Like Artists Think Like Scientists Build Like Engineers™
The World Is Changing at Light Speed Is Your Planning Keeping Pace?
What keeps you up at night?
If you and your team are concerned by a lack of fresh ideas and dwindling innovation, you're not alone.
Recent surveys show that more than 70% of top executives are dissatisfied with their current strategy planning processes. Shortcomings include;
- Incredibly rapid rate of chaotic change--everywhere and everything; economic, demographic, geopolitical, cultural
- Transformative and disruptive technology trends
- Misalignment between strategy and company mission
- Staff resistance to change--and fear of 'sticking their necks out' to take risks
- Lack of data-driven decision making
- Decline of confidence in assumptions regarding market, position, staff, customers--the works
- Lower than desired levels of staff communication and engagement
- Dearth of new creative ideas
- Capital needs. Capital needs. Capital needs.
- Add your personal sleep interrupters here
What is the core of the problem?
One thing is certain; the world is changing rapidly and unpredictably all around us as rarely before.
Most companies exists today because somebody in the past made organizational assumptions about what the company should do, how they perform, how they are structured, how they operate, how they create value, and how they get paid for what they do.
Assumptions are the fundamental building blocks of every firm, large or small--and are the central constructs in forming the hypothesis or theory of a business--and therefore demand careful attention and continued maintenance.
When was the last time you carefully reviewed and updated the theory of your business?
Improve your strategic outcomes by testing and redesigning your processes with NextAct Planning™
"At the core, we can teach companies of any size, independent of their primary technical needs, how to 'think like scientists' systematically; moving technical concepts, ideas, and plans from plausibility to validity to reliability, thereby reducing risk and promoting innovation."
Dr. William Priedhorsky, LGNA Partner and Chief ScientistFormer Program Director - Laboratory Directed Research & DevelopmentFellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
What We Believe
Strategy is a Journey and We All Need a GPS We contend that strategy creation is a journey to clarity; an ongoing process of creating and fostering innovative thinking and planning. Every day. Our NextAct Planning™ process provides the means for substantial improvements in performance. Continue your journey with experienced experts at the LGNA.
The World is Changing Rapidly Experts continue to debate theories on the economic horizon but most generally agree that the future of the global economy is uncertain. How will this global unrest affect your company? Adaptability, innovation, and creativity must become core competencies in the increasingly challenging economic landscape in front of us all. Good is no longer good enough. The transformative journey now required for small and larger firms alike could benefit from objective and experienced guidance.
Technology Change: Unprecedented Acceleration Navigate the lightning-fast pace of technology advancements with our Knowledge Collective™ – LGNA Guild members are experts in technology ecosystems across multiple industries. Stay ahead of the curve; LGNA can help advise and guide your technology strategy development.
The Hardest Part Is Getting Started A concrete starting point for our Clients is to gain clarity and perspective regarding your current business structure, products, technologies, customers, and your people. Our Data Collection and Empirical Validation Program kickstarts the process – and your journey to sustainable growth.