Adaptation in the COVID Age (part 2) - 09/14/2020 - C0405 

Adaptation in the COVID age

Let’s face it -- things have changed.  What will you do about it?   Double-down on your original business? Hunker down and wait for things to return to normal?  Or will you adapt -- changing your business significantly in light of new opportunities and challenges? As much as we’d all like to be certain of what happens next -- any choice you make is an experiment. 

In this active, hands-on virtual workshop series, you will join with other entrepreneurs to think through what current changes mean for your business going forward.:

Session 1:  Signals and Consequences - September 7th

*Revisit your vision and mission -- why are you in this game, and who are you serving?
*Identify signals -- changes happening in the world of your business, that can give you a hint about what might come next.
*Explore potential consequences of these signals -- where are we going from here?
*Sketch a causal chain between the signals you see, and the mission you aim to achieve.
*Use this forecast to fuel your decision-making.  Will you stay the course, hold your breath, adapt/pivot?  Or is it time to close doors?

Session 2:  Shaping the system - September 14th
*Sketch out the system in which you work.  What must change for your business to thrive? 
*How can you influence that change? 
*Identify  the most powerful hypothesis for testing
*Design a business experiment to shed light on your question

These extremely interactive workshops work best when you use the Zoom application on a fully functioning laptop or desktop computer.  If you generally join Zoom meetings via a web browser or a tablet, consider downloading the Zoom computer application for this one, if you can.  You may also use a whiteboarding tool called Mural -- link will be sent during the session.