Strategies fail less often on analysis than on execution, and execution depends on whether the structures, habits and beliefs inside an organisation allow new ideas to survive. When culture rewards caution, even a well-funded innovation unit is quietly absorbed by business as usual. Five days give senior practitioners the tools to connect strategic intent with organisational design and culture. You diagnose the current state with the Burke-Litwin model, McKinsey 7-S and the Competing Values Framework, explore future options with scenario planning and the Three Horizons model, and design for ambidexterity so that core operations and new ventures can coexist.
Later sessions turn to innovation practice: design thinking, lean experimentation, psychological safety, Appreciative Inquiry and agile ways of working, with OKRs and leading indicators to track adoption. Directors of strategy, HR and organisational development leads, transformation and innovation managers and senior consultants in government, banking, telecoms, NGOs and growing private firms will gain most. By the end you can build a culture and innovation roadmap, sponsor a portfolio of change experiments and explain to a board how they serve strategy. Classroom, online and in-house delivery is available, leading to a CPD-accredited certificate.
Most organisations now run several transformations at once: digital programmes, restructures, new business models and responses to funding or regulatory shifts. A common weakness is that strategy and organisational development sit in different departments. Strategy teams set direction, HR runs culture surveys, and nobody is accountable for whether the organisation is actually becoming capable of delivering the new strategy. Innovation efforts suffer most, because experiments need a permission to fail that traditional performance systems rarely grant.
The Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development Training Course treats culture and organisational design as strategic levers. Participants start by testing the fit between strategy, structure, leadership and culture, then examine how to build a capacity for continuous renewal: exploring new horizons while protecting the existing business, encouraging intelligent risk-taking and scaling successful pilots. Later sessions address innovation governance, the part leaders play in shaping norms, and measuring cultural movement with credible evidence rather than slogans. The course closes with a strategic change roadmap that participants can take back to their executive teams.
Teaching is discussion-led and highly applied. Participants work on a case organisation through the week, run a short design sprint, critique published transformation stories and stress-test their own plans with peers who hold similar responsibilities in other sectors.
On completing the programme, participants will be able to:
Delegates return to their organisations with:
The programme runs in an executive seminar format in which participants apply each idea to a running case and to their own organisation. It features:
Day 1: Strategy, Culture and Organisational Fit
Day 2: Foresight and Strategic Direction for Change
Day 3: Designing the Ambidextrous Organisation
Day 4: Innovation Practice and a Learning Culture
Day 5: Governing, Measuring and Sustaining Strategic Change
The course suits senior people who shape strategy, structure and culture, such as:
A CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy is awarded to participants who attend the full programme and complete the case work, design sprint and final roadmap presentation.
The certificate records the course title, dates and delivery mode, and the roadmap developed in class serves as practical evidence of learning for professional development records.
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By the end of the Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development programme, you'll be able to diagnose alignment between strategy, structure, culture and leadership using the burke-litwin and mckinsey 7-s models, assess current and desired culture with the competing values framework and schein's three levels of culture, apply scenario planning and the three horizons model to set the direction for organisational renewal, and design organisational arrangements that balance exploitation of the core business with exploration of new opportunities. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course suits senior people who shape strategy, structure and culture, such as: Directors of strategy and corporate planning, Heads of human resources and organisational development, Transformation, change and programme directors, Innovation managers and heads of innovation labs, Chief operating officers and divisional heads leading restructuring, Culture, engagement and employee experience leads, Senior OD consultants and internal coaches, Public sector reform and performance management officers, and Country directors and senior leadership teams in NGOs and development agencies.
Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development starts October 19, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Strategy and Innovation in Change, Culture & Organisational Development Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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