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Getting your team on board is great for team building and is perfect for ideation, design thinking processes and to develop strategic thinking skills. Before you get into the detail of planning, we suggest you start with a design thinking workshop. It is easier than you think if you follow these steps.  \n1. Be clear on your goals: what are you trying to achieve and the area that you want to focus on eg legal spend or ways of working  \n2. Prepare a structure and process for a good strategy design workshop – we have included a template on the following page  \n3. Dive deep into the problem, group the pain points into themes and then prioritise them  \n4. For each of the top themes, generate ideas for how to solve the pain point  \n5. Prioritise the best ideas  \n6. Articulate the strategy, where you are now, what your goals are and develop a plan for how to reach them  \n7. Visualise a roadmap  \n8. Get buy-in from stakeholders  \nSTRATEGY DESIGN WORKSHOP  \nWhat is the goal (be clear on what you are focusing on)  \n\n| Capture pain points, frustrations (one point per post-it note) |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| | |\n\nGroup pain points into common themes and name them  \nList the top 4 priorities from the themes identified – use the following template for each of these  \nCURRENT STATE ANALYSIS  \nA SWOT analysis is afast and effective way to explore where your legal team is now and identify insights and areas of opportunity  \n\n| Strengths\u003Cbr>E. g. Breadth of expertise and experience in our team | Weaknesses\u003Cbr>E. g. Resourcing recent litigation – bottleneck with inhouse |\n| --- | --- |\n| Opportunities\u003Cbr>E. g. Technology solutions available could assist with efficiency | Threats\u003Cbr>E. g. Increase in regulatory issues Rate rises |\n\nVISUAL ROADMAP  \nPLANS  \nDrill down into a little more detail. Better still, involve the team, discuss, delegate and enable ownership  \n\n| Initiative | Problem it solves | Benefit / Outcome / Timeframe | First 3 steps to take | Who will lead this |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |","cbCaitN4Psd1WWlu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitN4Psd1WWlu","pdf",331277,"English","# Getting Started\n## Strategy Design Workshop\n## Current State Analysis (SWOT)\n## Visual Roadmap\n## Plans","[{\"question\":\"What steps does the template recommend to begin strategic planning for in-house legal teams?\",\"answer\":\"It advises defining clear goals, preparing a structure and process for a strategy design workshop, diving deep into the problem by grouping pain points into themes, generating and prioritizing ideas, articulating the strategy and plan, visualizing a roadmap, and obtaining stakeholder buy-in.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the template help assess the legal team’s current state?\",\"answer\":\"It includes a SWOT analysis section to explore the team’s strengths and weaknesses, identify opportunities, and note threats for insight into areas of opportunity.\"},{\"question\":\"What information is captured in the plans and roadmap section?\",\"answer\":\"It provides a plans table listing each initiative, the problem it solves, expected benefits/outcomes and timeframe, the first three steps, and the team member who will lead it.\"}]","Lawcadia - Strategic Planning Template for In-House Legal Teams - Getting Started | PDF",1789230657]