WHAT WE DO / ADAPTIVE PLANNING SPRINT
STRATEGY THAT MOVESWITH A CHANGING WORLD.
Align on clear priorities and a way to adjust as the ground shifts.
SET CLEAR PRIORITIES NOW — WITHOUT WAITING ON A MONTHS-LONG PROCESS.
Sometimes you need a way to quickly align on priorities and keep adjusting as conditions change, without committing to a comprehensive process first. The Adaptive Planning Sprint gives you exactly that: a strategy you actively steer, delivered in weeks, not quarters.
DEFINE A range of futures your ORGANIZATION might face.
CO-CREATE a STRATEGY that holds regardless of which ONE arrives.
WHY NOW
THE WORLD MOVES FASTER THAN A TYPICAL MULTI-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE.
Funding, policy, and community needs are shifting fast — and you can’t always wait for a full multi-year planning cycle to respond. Through our Adaptive Planning Sprint your leadership team sets clear priorities for the road ahead and builds a simple way to see change coming and adjust as it does.
BENEFITS
OUR PROMISE
Fast — organizational alignment on your top priorities in eight-to-ten weeks.
Adaptive — you leave knowing how to spot change early and what to do when it comes, not just what to do today.
Expert-facilitated — a Trepwise strategist leads the planning workshop and guides priority development.
Actionable — prioritized, owned, and sequenced, so your team can execute immediately.
Right-sized — a focused scope matched to the decision in front of you.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Complete in 8–10 weeks. Can deliver in-person or virtually.
ALIGNMENT
Two 45-minute calls with your Executive Director to understand your context, your priorities, and the forces shaping your organization’s future.
Facilitated workshop
An expert-facilitated half-day workshop (virtual or in-person) where your team charts a path forward.
adaptive STRATEGY
A clear strategy and roadmap with prioritized near-term actions, plus the early signals that tell you when to adjust. Delivered within three weeks of the workshop.
FAQ
What is adaptive planning?
Traditional strategic planning builds a multi-year plan around a single projected future — which works when the environment is stable. Adaptive planning assumes several plausible futures exist, builds a strategy that holds across them, and gives you a way to spot which one is arriving and adjust as you go.
Is the Adaptive Planning Sprint right for my organization?
It’s built for nonprofit leadership teams who need a current, actionable strategy but can’t commit to a months-long process right now. It works whether your existing plan no longer fits the moment, you’ve never done formal planning, or you’re somewhere in between. Not sure? Reach out.
We already have a strategic plan. Do we still need this?
Many of the leaders we work with have solid multi-year plans (some of which we helped build) that have been disrupted by major changes in the external environment. Funding landscapes, policy environments and community needs look different than they did two or three years ago. If your plan rests on assumptions that no longer hold, we can use the Adaptive Planning Sprint to build on its foundation but evolve to meet the moment.
How is this different from a MODEL where our team does the work themselves?
Some adaptive-planning offerings are essentially structured homework: your team puts in dozens of hours each, with a coach checking in along the way. The Sprint is the opposite. A Trepwise strategist facilitates the work with you in a single half-day, then delivers the written plan. You bring the knowledge of your organization; we bring the method, the facilitation, and the strategist in the room.
How is a sprint different from a full strategic planning engagement?
A full engagement runs four to six months with extensive discovery and multiple drafts — built for organizations with the time and budget for a comprehensive process. The Sprint is fixed-scope and fast, and the two can complement each other: a Sprint can set near-term priorities before a larger planning process.
Do we need to have done strategic planning before to get value from this?
No. The Sprint works whether you have a formal planning history or you’re approaching this for the first time — the pre-planning calls meet you where you are. What matters most is a leadership team ready to engage honestly about where the organization is and where it needs to go.
Reserve your sprint
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