Welcome to the Chief Strategy Officer - CSOsandbox
Centre of professional development in Strategy
Video: Illustrative professional development in strategy
This video provides an insight into the owner of the Barbie doll manufacturer, Mattel leveraged a soft strategic asset, its Intellectual Property to transform out of the static toy industry and into the dynamic world of entertainment. For information on our coursework follow this link to our Strategy Academy.
Corporate Strategy Master Class Program
The single most powerful tool available to the CEO, is a clear and well defined strategy: at a Corporate, Business Unit, Division level. To date, the person charged with the responsibility for the management and control of strategy, the Chief Strategy Officer, has had to carry out their duty with one hand tied behind their back.
Not any more.
The Strategic Management Institute (SMI) has developed this web based corporate strategy leadership tool that not only enables the CSO to manage their own roles, but to also empower others to engage in the strategic management program - on a day to day basis.
Role of the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and critical strategic thinking
As illustrated in this video, the responsibilities of the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) are broad based, challenging, transformative, substantive and consequential. There is though no one right or wrong role that the CSO should play, they must be ready to play many. There are four potential aspects of the role that can be seen in the video opposite, once you have subscribed to the CSOsandbox, which you can do, here.
The role of CSO is one of high pressure and high profile, the CSOsandbox eases the process.
Video: Strategy as a profession
Access to the CSOsandbox platform is available to those participating in, or are graduates of the Corporate Strategy Master Class program. The program is made up of two courses, Strategy Essentials and Strategy Master).
Grow your corporation, enhance your career development
The CSOsandbox is a PC/laptop based web site designed to provide visibility to the structuring, management, and method of thinking when emerging and experienced strategy partitioners engage in activities related contributing to corporate strategy formulation and implementation. The construct though is not just about SWOT analysis. Rather, it is a comprehensive, fully integrated Strategic Management Framework that is grounded in an integration of empirical research, a depth of strategic thinking and extensive experiences possessed by its designers.
The CSOsandbox provides strategy practitioners with a platform to network and share experiences in the process of developing great content - using advanced strategy tools and preformatted templates.
Surf your company's
bespoke CSOsandbox
As a web site the CSOsandbox is readily duplicated and changeable. Examples of ways that it can be adapted to your organisation are:
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Use our templates to develop your own content outside the CSOsandbox.
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Import the CSOsandbox into your corporate intranet network or similar, adapt it to your ERP/CSO reporting capability.
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Acquire a copy of the CSOsandbox website from us and replace the case study with your own content.
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Add its content and construct to your corporate organisational learning, corporate transformation function.
Contact us to discuss ways in which PHSANDL can work with you to optimise the experience following access to this ground breaking enabler of advanced strategy practices. Optional subscription variations are described in the 'plans and pricing' section of this web site. Customised solutions are also available, should that be more preferable.
Video: CSOsandbox in operation: Leveraging the CSOsandbox, optimise your investment in business strategy
CSOsandbox; from static Strategic planning to dynamic Strategic management, professional strategy practice
The CSOsandbox provides the platform for our service offerings which focus on the design, and redesign of strategy systems and delivery leadership development programs in the field of professional strategy practice. It forms an integral component of our core corporate strategy and transformation methodology made up of four components: Consulting, Action Learning and Collaboration (CALC). Our objective in delivering CALC is to guide and support clients through programs of transformational change through different formats of consulting, facilitation, and education. Our CALC methodology is presented in the diagram shown below.
Content contained in this and the CSOsandbox web site was compiled by, and is a critical component of, the service offering provided by the management consulting firm PH Strategy and Leadership (PHSANDL). The primary source of content is provided by PHSANDL's research affiliate, the Strategic Management Institute (SMI).