Strategic Design

XERDAN can approach the Strategic Design in an unorthodox way (considering the marketing oriented Strategic Design usually known) intrinsically innovative and comprehensively sustainable, that can be applied to any project or planning process, based on those important issues related to sustainability and innovation, for Private Firms, Organizations, Administrations, Communities.

Through our approach to Strategic Design it is possible to analyze, plan, organize, manage, assess the results and monitor all the processes necessary for the best attainments in every process.

A peculiar tool is directly applied: the X_Sphere© Multidimensional Matrix, that allows to engage the project from different points of view, considering every connection and combination that can be analyzed and elaborated. The Philosophy is integrating different approaches to economic, social, environmental and educational sustainability inside the involved body and/or entities. The intent is to support the Clients with effectively applicable solutions, sustainable in every aspect.

We can support Private Firms and Public Bodies for ORGANIZATION & RESOURCES, PROCESS PLANNING and MANAGEMENT, CRISES & CRITICAL EVENTS MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL INTERCONNECTIONS, GOAL ACHIEVEMENT, PERSONNEL TRAINING:

• Analysis
• Methodology design and planning
• Strategic design & planning
• Specific design & planning (products & processes)
• Procedures and Quality processes
• Logistics and management organization
• Corporate and personal support
• Individual and Collective relationships related issues – Stress management
• Crises & Critical events management
• Media support
• Education & Training

Our system is useful for:

- the Design for products and services, both for the private sector and the public one, considering their peculiar complexity required for Quality outputs, considering Environment, Society, Economy and Culture;

- the strategies planning and management, including all the processes related to production or services supply, with a global vision and the capacity to confront complex situations, whose character  has to deal with economical, environmental, social and cultural needs to be harmonized together with the Strategic Design choices. The Design strategies are examined with a systemic, synergetic approach, using a coordinated and integrated model;

- the analysis of crisis and emergencies, the prevention and the management of critical events that ask for a particular design and planning capacity to solve problems with a comprehensive vision into complex situations, that determine short, medium, long term results and influences that usually have a strong impact on the future of a territory, of a company, or of individuals.

- the Communication (internal and external) as a key-point, considered pre, during and post every significative situation and/or event.

XERDAN makes possible to deal with the project and planning starting from different initial points, but always including all the components and variants into the process to the final adopted scheme, following different paths but generating an useful pattern.

Experiences and cases, are thoroughly examined, aiming to planning and management of the strategies inherent the policies for the production (industrial or handcrafted), territorial administration and the services (administration, logistics, leisure and tourism, organization), crises and emergency management, with an overall vision regarding the capacity to afford complex situations, including economic, environmental, social, cultural aspects that need to be harmonized in any decisional process. Even the extreme cases, mostly with the intent of prevention, where the capacity to reach a balanced solution is required, within complex situations, considering the effects at short, medium and long term, and the impacts on the different scales, both in time and space. 

Consulting – Advising - Mentoring

XERDAN can give support to governmental and administrative bodies or private companies and entities on STRATEGIC DESIGN. Starting from specific requests we can confront the critical key-points dealing with the whole context in which these are developing and interacting. This allows to a refined planning and design, lasting results and the possibility to perform the needed adjustment in the future, without shocks on the system. Also, this way it is possible to harmonize local actions with the global context, the local rules with the EU ones and the international requirements.

XERDAN can provide CONSULTING on the specific themes required, ADVISING on the general frame and also MENTORING, to follow and support the processes of the public and private entities in the developing contexts.

XERDAN applies theX_Sphere© multidimensional matrix to all the activities in which we are called to give our contribution.

The following specific activities can be provided:

• Systemic analysis and specific assessments
• Design and Planning for specific and general processes
• Methodological planning for specific projects or processes
• Resources and Energy planning and management
• Health/Environment related processes
• Life-Cycle process planning and management
• Territorial and Urban situations connections and interactions
• Monitoring of processes and their sustainability
• Emergencies and Risks prevention and mitigation
• Support in international and EU projects
• Communication and Public Information management (pre – during – post events)
• Training

Training

The training in STRATEGIC DESIGN aims to give the attendees a general information and the essential instruments to develop policies, projects and planning for the specific issues of their own area of interest and the space in which they operate, in an innovative way per se, widely applicable to the Strategic Design processes:

The method in itself has been applied to, and included into the seminar structure: it is based on theX_Sphere© multidimensional matrix concept that produces an interconnected system in which the dynamics become the resolutive key to work on the interacting areas. This is treated through different methodological instruments integrated into it:

• SPHERICAL DESIGN
• GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY
• TOPOLOGY
• SYNERGETICS

It is possible, so, to deal with the project and planning starting from different initial points, but always including all the components and variants into the process to attain the final adopted scheme, following different paths but generating an useful pattern for the required actions in the real action.

The areas of interest treated into the training are:

• Strategic Design Process and Systemic Design and Planning
• Analysis of the present and potential situation – An overview
• Crises and potentialities concepts – The crisis as an opportunity
• Interconnections
• Planning and use of the matrix
• Leadership and Teamwork 

The topics will include planning and management of the strategies inherent the policies for the specific activities and services related to the Client, with an overall vision that can take to the capacity to afford complex situations, including economic, environmental, social, educational needs harmonized in any decisional process.

It will be fundamental the analysis of crises and emergencies, mostly with the intent of prevention, where the capacity to reach a balanced solution is required, within complex situations, considering the effects at short, medium and long term, and the impacts on the different scales, both in time and space.

The proposed methodology is based on“Circle Design” and “X_Sphere©”, integrating different approaches to economic, social, environmental and cultural (including educational) sustainability.

The training is conceived for professionals of the Government, of local Administrations, Private Companies, Financial sector, Planners, Social Agencies, Resources management, Waste management, Energy management, Security Forces and Companies, Production sector, Services, Tourism, Universities and Education.

While a whole basic training course requires 40 hours, it is possible to articulate the seminars in 8, 16 or 24 hours, depending from the different deepening required and according with the everyday duties of the attendees; in the time dedicated to the training, the five areas of interest and the methodology will be presented and shared. The articulation of the training can be adapted and tailored following the specific requests of the Authority and/or the entities involved.

A free preliminary conference can be held in order to introduce the training to the decision-makers.