This workshop is about moving from the scenario stories themselves to drafting a strategy for the future of this College. There are three main reasons. If we have already played out a story in our own minds, we're more likely to recognize it quickly in real life and act accordingly. The second reason is to generate ideas for breakthrough innovation. It's our experience that creativity is most often simply a matter of rubbing two known ideas up against each other in a new way.
Scenarios provide a great framework for that.
Our goal in the next two days is simple. We want to create a draft strategy for College of Main that focuses on a few high-level objectives, which will serve as the starting point for a strategic conversation with the Board and the campus and outside communities. I underscore that it is only a draft - will serve as the centerpiece of a strategic conversation. In making this statement, you'll make it clear that this is not the final word on the topic - that you are open to refinements and other ideas. At any rate, this group does not have the authority to execute a strategy by yourselves.