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Inclusive planning process

As explained in Tech Startup Toolkit

An inclusive planning process incorporates informed feedback from representatives of the organizational functions affected by a plan.

An inclusive planning process brings representatives from every affected functional area into strategy-change planning. Explain what you plan, explain why, and ask for feedback—not to create a committee, but to build understanding and trust. section 22.3.2

Use the process when a startup needs to change direction:

  • Recognize that the change may be small or substantial; early-stage startups learn as they go. section 22.3.2
  • Meet with representatives from all functional areas once the need is clear. section 22.3.2
  • Explain the proposed change and its reasons, then request feedback. section 22.3.2
  • Use the resulting understanding to develop trusted emissaries who communicate the plan across the company. section 22.3.2

How Tech Startup Toolkit covers it

How deep it goes
Explains the rationale and four-step practice, stopping short of formal committee design or detailed facilitation guidance.
Examples
Uses meetings with functional representatives and trusted company emissaries as concrete planning and communication examples.
What it assumes
Assumes a recognized need for strategy change and accepts early-stage uncertainty as part of learning.
What you can do after
Apply it by involving functional representatives, gathering feedback, and spreading a strategy change through trusted communicators.
How it connects
Connects strategy change with organizational communication, feedback, trust, and company culture.
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