If you asked your closest partnering organization write down strategic goals for your organization and then did the same for them, what would be the result?  Would they focus on the same initiatives that you have selected?  Would they define your organizational purpose in-line with how you perceive yourself?  Would they apply your resources in a similar fashion or uncover a new arrangement?


Why not ask them to partner and hold a 90 minute table top session and see what the results reveal?  It could be illuminating or even revolutionary for your cause.


Seth Godin’s blog today speaks to the power of planning with the buddy system.