Strategic Thinking

Organisational Sensemaking Architecture

Structuring how teams frame problems, align mental models, and convert ambiguity into decision-ready narratives that move work forward.

⚙️ What I Do

  • Diagnose framing errors — identifying what problem is actually being solved
  • Create multiple "architectural views": value, process, data, and constraints
  • Facilitate synthesis workshops (inputs → models → options → decisions)
  • Build decision artefacts that preserve reasoning, not just conclusions
  • Establish alignment protocols for cross-functional and cross-cultural teams
  • Develop shared vocabulary and model libraries to reduce recurring misalignment

📦 Outputs

  • Framing canvases and diagnostic question sets
  • Causal maps and constraint maps
  • Decision memos with explicit assumptions and tradeoffs
  • Shared vocabulary and model library
  • Alignment protocols for cross-functional workshops

🎯 Where It Helps

  • Strategy work that keeps looping without reaching decisions
  • Cross-functional teams "talking past each other" despite shared goals
  • Ambiguous transformation programmes — ERP, AI, cloud — with moving requirements
  • Leadership teams that need structured alignment before execution begins

🔗 How This Connects to Enterprise Transformation

  • S/4HANA programmes: decision velocity, fit-gap framing discipline, design governance that survives programme phase transitions
  • AI & Automation: defining the problem clearly before deploying a solution — avoiding the most common AI failure mode
  • Cloud Architecture: architectural views as alignment tools — ensuring business, data, and technical teams share the same model

Proof & Demonstrations

Coming Soon

Framing Canvas Template

A one-page canvas for diagnosing and reframing a problem — structured to surface assumptions, constraints, and competing perspectives.

Coming Soon

Same Problem, Three Frames

A case-style write-up showing how three different framings of the same problem produce three entirely different solution paths.

Coming Soon

Decision Memo (Sanitised)

A real-format decision memo showing how reasoning, assumptions, options, and tradeoffs are captured and preserved.