Preparedness Strategy | The"Left of Bang" Strategic Briefing
The Challenge
Every organization faces uncertainty: disruptive events, emerging risks, and fast-shifting opportunities. The challenge is seeing change early enough—and acting decisively enough—to shape outcomes before they happen.
The Strategic Briefing is a facilitated, interactive session designed to help leadership teams define their future environment—mapping the trends, threats, and opportunities that will shape their world—and begin building the strategy to thrive within it.
For a public safety organization, this might mean identifying the emerging hazards, technology shifts, or community dynamics that could reshape your response posture in the next five years. For a business, it might mean recognizing the disruptions and opportunities that will redefine your market or mission before competitors do.
This is the essence of getting Left of Bang: anticipating what could happen, deciding what success looks like, and positioning your organization to achieve it.
Why It Matters
Too often, preparedness becomes a checklist and a set of projects untethered from real future conditions.
The result? Organizations over-prepare for yesterday’s risks, under-prepare for tomorrow’s, and waste effort without improving readiness.
This briefing replaces guesswork with process. It gives leadership teams the clarity to allocate resources with confidence, make faster strategic decisions, and outpace change rather than react to it.
What You’ll Walk Away With
Strategic Clarity: A shared understanding of the future environment, key risks, and opportunities.
Defined Priorities: Agreement on where to focus resources and attention to shape outcomes.
Decision Framework: A structure to continuously assess and update the strategy as conditions change.
Left of Bang Roadmap: Immediate actions to begin operationalizing foresight and preparedness across the organization.
How It Works
Executive Kickoff: Clarify the goals, discuss the current state, and identify key participants.
Guided Briefing (Half-Day or Full-Day):
Future environment mapping (risks + opportunities)
Defining “bang” scenarios and organizational watch points
Building strategic hypotheses and success criteria
Identifying capability gaps and enablers
Follow-Up Strategy Session (Optional): Review outcomes, refine priorities, and integrate insights into your planning cycle.
Available in-person or virtual. Engagement scope and pricing tailored to your organization’s goals.
Who It’s For
This guided briefing is ideal for organizations that:
Operate in uncertain or fast-changing environments
Need alignment between executives, planners, and operators
Want to link strategy, workplanning, and preparedness
Value foresight as a competitive and operational advantage
Next Step
If you’re ready to begin shaping your organization’s future—rather than reacting to it—let’s schedule a conversation to see how this Guided Briefing can help.
📧 Email us at: training@cp-journal.com