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What's in the Strategy Activation Collection?

This collection includes The Strategy Activation Playbook, card decks, frameworks, and kits that can be used together to carry out a complete activation process.

This collection will help you:

Lead a highly engaging process
Align your teams around change
Get people to adopt new behaviors
Set a clear future vision that inspires your team
Co-create solutions that people will get behind

What is XPLANE's approach to Strategy Activation?

Assuming people will snap to a new plan once they hear it is a big reason strategies fail. What you need is an approach to bridge the gap between planning and execution that persuades people to align around, engage with, and adopt new ways of working in order to achieve a shared vision and move it forward.

Our collection of Strategy Activation products is designed to support your change journey. In the collection, you’ll get the tools—the very same we use in our practice—to help shape, foster, and boost adoption. You’ll also find all-in-one-solutions to guide your understanding and application of Strategy Activation.

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Unboxing The Strategy Activation Playbook: See What’s Inside! — $36 $45

Are you tired of failed corporate strategies that waste time and money? It’s time to try a new approach. In this video, we’ll give you a sneak peek into The Strategy Activation Playbook, and some of the secret sauce behind this essential guide for aligning and activating people in your organization. Product Detail.

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The Magic of The Barriers to Change Deck: A Step-by-Step Guide —$26

XPLANE’s Barriers to Change Cards help you explore the top 46 reasons why people resist change, so you can deploy strategies that lead to lasting transformation. Product Detail.

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Experience the Power of the Discovery Card Deck: A Product Demo

Discovery doesn’t have to be dull! In this video, take a closer look at just how effective (and fun) this card sort can be in examining your organization and its culture. Product Detail.

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Unlock Potential with the Building Block Deck: A Deep Dive — $36

Looking for a way to activate your organization’s unique strategy? In this video, we’ll show you just how easy it is to unlock the full potential of your organization and create an activation plan using this deck. Product Detail.

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Unboxing The Strategy Activation Kit: See What’s Inside! — Out of Stock

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Build Your Knowledge to Successfully Implement Strategic Change: Strategy Activation Course Overview — $995

In this short video, author of The Strategy Activation Playbook, Aric Wood, provides a brief overview of a powerful methodology and the skills necessary to bridge the gap between your vision and implementation to confidently lead your next change initiative. Product Detail about our Strategy Activation course. Course Detail.

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Strategy Activation Curve

XPLANE’s approach to Strategy Activation is built for the modern organization, designed around people, and describes the journey by which people learn and adapt new ways of working. We call this the activation curve. Download and preview the curve today.

Barriers to Change Guide

XPLANE’s Barriers to Change deck illuminates 24 reasons why people resist change. This instructional guide offers a preview to our most popular card sort—a quick and fun way to uncover empathetic insights that can help shape your approach to resistance and change.

Discovery Cards Guide

XPLANE’s Discovery Cards are an effective and fun way to examine an organization and its culture with a group of people.

This instructional guide provides a glimpse for how to use game play to uncover business issues and help move teams towards solutions.

Building Blocks Cards Guide

XPLANE’s Building Blocks are designed to complement the Strategy Activation toolkit to help you build an activation plan that moves people in your organization from alignment to adoption. In this instructional guide, preview the building blocks and think about which tools and exercises will be most useful for your audience at each step of the activation journey.

Strategy Activation Kit Phases

XPLANE’s Strategy Activation Kit is a companion to the Strategy Activation Playbook. It’s organized into the four phases of activation, each phase contains a unique workshop designed to help you bring your strategies to life. Download the Elevation & Process poster to preview the four phases.

Strategy Activation Course Syllabus

XPLANE’s Strategy Activation course is designed with busy professionals in mind and will cover a lot of ground in three short days. It’s a fast-paced course that balances expert instruction with hands-on practical application and peer-to-peer learning. Download the syllabus to see how it’s organized, what’s included, and what to expect.

Explore More Strategy Activation Resources

We’ve compiled our best resources for you to learn more about Strategy Activation — from our thought leadership on developing this change management practice to applying it to real world examples — so you can be equipped with the knowledge to be a successful change leader.