Quarterly Readiness Planning
A diagnosis is not a plan. This is the session that turns one into the other.
Most planning sessions produce a document nobody carries. This one produces a decision record: one measurable outcome, an explicit not-now list, named owners with real decision rights, the risks the team agreed to watch, and the first moves with dates on them. The whole agenda is below, including what the facilitator says out loud.
What you are buying
The facts, before the conversation.
- Who it is for
- A leadership team that has a readiness diagnosis and needs the next operating period built against it.
- In the room
- The leadership team, three to eight people, with a Mission Intelligence Systems facilitator running the room.
- Time required
- 120 minutes in one sitting, across 8 steps.
- Pricing
- $9,500 per cycle, or $32,000 for four.
What you leave with
- Starting picture
- Mission outcome
- Attention choices
- Alignment map
- Authority map
- Adaptability plan
- First 30 days
- Confidence and launch
How it runs
Before
The team takes the Executive Organizational Diagnostic independently, so the session opens on evidence rather than on opinion.
During
The 8 steps below, in order. Each one ends with something written down, and 2 of them end with a named owner.
After
The plan carries owners and dates, so the next reading has something to inspect rather than a document to rewrite.
The agenda, in full
Every step, what it produces, and how long it takes.
Published rather than summarised. If you run planning sessions yourself, you can read this and judge whether the method is better than yours before you talk to anyone.
- 01
See the starting picture
Attention10 minA shared, evidence-based view of current conditions
Leaves behind: Starting picture.
- 02
Choose the mission outcome
Alignment15 minOne measurable result for the next planning period
Leaves behind: Mission outcome.
- 03
Protect attention
Attention15 minA short priority list and an explicit not-now list
Leaves behind: Attention choices.
- 04
Create alignment
Alignment20 minClear contribution paths, dependencies, and success measures
Leaves behind: Alignment map.
- 05
Make authority explicit
Authority15 minNamed owners and decision rights without hidden escalation
Leaves behind: Authority map, with a named owner.
- 06
Prepare to adapt
Adaptability20 minRisks, assumptions, triggers, and responses the team owns
Leaves behind: Adaptability plan.
- 07
Commit the first moves
Authority15 minOwned actions for the first 30 days
Leaves behind: First 30 days, with a named owner and a date.
- 08
Test confidence and launch
Adaptability10 minAn honest confidence reading and a plan the team can carry
Leaves behind: Confidence and launch.
What the facilitator actually says
Step one, verbatim.
Every step carries a script and an exercise, so the session does not depend on the facilitator having run it before. This is the opening, exactly as it ships.
The script
“Before we plan, what is true now? What evidence do we trust, and what still needs to be tested?”
The exercise
- Show the assessment picture and purpose.
- Ask each person what rings true and what is missing.
- Resolve only factual disagreements; park interpretations.
What the room is asked to write down
What the team agrees is true
Use observable facts and patterns, not blame.
The team agrees that…
The most important unresolved question
Name the uncertainty the plan must test.
We still need to learn whether…
Where it sits
Diagnose the conditions, then build the period against them.
Before
The diagnostic
The leadership team answers independently, and the session opens on a shared, evidence-based picture rather than on opinion.
See the diagnostic →During
This session
120 minutes, 8 steps, moving through Attention, Alignment, Authority and Adaptability in the order that makes each decision possible.
After
The next reading
The plan carries owners and dates, so the following period has something to inspect rather than a document to rewrite.
See the operating method →Run it with us, or run it yourself.
The session is facilitated by Mission Intelligence Systems as part of an engagement. The agenda above is published in full because a method that only works when it is hidden is not a method.