Seeking a Legacy Transfer

The Mission

To achieve a partnership with a premier consulting firm to continue offering Metaphor Mapping™ as a means to bridge the communication gap in complex organizations. My goal is to continue the work of empowering teams to own their own strategy, neutralizing “Expert Smugness”—both within client cultures and the consulting process itself—ensuring that visions created in the conference room live on the front line.

The Methodology

A proven 5-step system for achieving 100% stakeholder alignment through an energetic,  disciplined workshop process. For global groups with high-complexity challenges, this is typically delivered as an intensive two-day workshop.

THE CORE ASSETS (Intellectual Property & Methodologies)

  1. The Organizational Village™: Phase 1 (Today’s Process)
    • The Asset: A proprietary discovery framework that allows facilitators to guide customers through the creation of a “Current Reality” map, surfacing hidden silos and systemic friction.
  2. The Organizational Village™: Phase 2 (The Ideal Vision)
    • The Asset: A methodology for reshuffled cross-functional teams to visualize a future where business objectives are exceeded.
    • The Successor Value: A high-speed gap analysis tool that builds immediate client consensus on the target state.
  3. The Behavioral Zoo™ (Cultural Alignment)
    • The Asset: A diagnostic framework using animal archetypes to help teams understand the negative consequences of current behaviors and identify the new attitudes needed for the Ideal process.
    • The Successor Value: Provides the consultant with a “neutral” way to address cultural blockers and “expert smugness” before the Path Forward is drawn.
  4. The Strategic River Mapping™ (The Path Forward)
    • The Asset: A consensus-building process for small groups to build the bridge from Reality to the Ideal Vision.
    • The Successor Value: Replaces fragmented 50-slide decks with a visual map that shows the best path and obstacles, as well as alternate paths that are rejected because of their potential negative consequences.
  5. Facecards™ (Execution Accountability)
    • The Asset: A proprietary Ace/King/Queen/Jack sticker system and grid-based methodology for assigning authority and obligations.
    • The Successor Value: Enables a formal “Acceptance Ceremony” where responsibility is accepted publicly, ensuring project implementation and long-term consulting “stickiness.”

SUCCESSOR INVENTORY & SUPPORT

  • The Training Vault: Comprehensive Facilitator’s Guide and explanatory e-books for internal scaling.
  • Ready-to-Facilitate Inventory: Physical materials for 20 twenty-person workshops plus guidance and support on building additional Mapping kits for future growth.
  • The Foundational Library: 20 original copies of the ASQC-published Reinventing Communication.
  • Branding & Mentorship: Support for co-branded materials and co-facilitation of initial sessions to ensure a seamless “Master Practitioner” transition.
  • Symbolic Vocabulary: Access to the iconographic library with support to design custom icons for specific industry niches.

Contact

I’d be pleased to hear from you if you’re considering adding this proprietary tool to your offerings.

Please include your firm’s name, your title, and how you might move Metaphor Mapping forward.