Are you embarking on a strategic planning process for your organisation or programme in 2026? The Strategy Design Festival is an opportunity to discover how participatory, adaptive approaches can make strategy a living, breathing practice that your organisation returns to often, updates as conditions change, and uses to guide real decisions rather than sitting on a shelf. The interactive and participatory format of the festival will provide participants with inspiration, lasting connections, and best practices for strategy design in uncertain times.
Together we will:
- Explore adaptive strategies and tools for organisations facing rapid change and ambiguity, so your planning can flex with the times while staying grounded in your purpose and values.
- Strengthen your ability to engage stakeholders—from your board to your staff and the very beneficiaries you serve—through inclusive, co-creative processes that share ownership of your organisation’s direction.
- Connect with a diverse community that values collecting multiple perspectives, expanding who has a voice in decision-making, and building cultures where strategy is regularly discussed, questioned, and refined together.
You’ll gain:
- Practical frameworks for setting and communicating flexible, robust goals—ready for whatever surprises 2026 brings—along with simple rhythms and rituals (like check-ins and learning loops) that help you review and revise strategy as you go.
- Advice and stories from others who have embraced shared ownership of strategy, showing how ongoing stakeholder input leads to alignment, greater buy-in, and the confidence to adapt when circumstances shift.
- New perspectives, renewed energy, and actionable resources for designing strategies that are both grounded and dynamic, combining long-term vision with everyday learning and iteration.
Approach 2026 with confidence, creativity, and a sense of shared commitment. The Strategy Design Festival will equip you and your people to keep strategy effective, alive and collectively owned in your organisation.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Where: Coin Street neighbourhood centre, 108 Stamford Street. South Bank, London SE1 9NH
If the registration fee is a barrier to participation, please apply for a scholarship.
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