Is your 2026 planning lacking direction? Here’s a solution that works.

Annual planning is an essential exercise, but for 2026, many organizations are facing a particular challenge. The pace is accelerating, teams are juggling multiple projects at once, and strategic vision often struggles to keep up. It is not a question of will or competence, but rather a context in which day-to-day operations absorb most of the energy, leaving little room to build a clear roadmap.

In this environment of speed and pressure, a recurring pattern emerges. Organizations move forward, but not always in the same direction. Priorities become blurred, messages lose their focus and planning for 2026 risks being driven more by urgency than by strategy. In these situations, speed and quality can seem mutually exclusive.

Lack of time, lack of clarity and lack of alignment

In the mandates we support, three issues keep coming up. The first is a lack of time. Teams want to do things properly, but struggle to free up the hours needed to step back. The second is a lack of clarity.

As a new year approaches, there are many ideas, but it is difficult to determine their relative importance. Finally, there is often a lack of alignment between leadership, teams and business units. When everyone acts based on their own understanding of the priorities, efforts become scattered and the organization loses agility and effectiveness.

Combined, these three issues create a domino effect. Strategic decisions are made slowly, projects drag on, and organizations accumulate complexity without gaining in effectiveness. In this context, accelerating planning while improving quality becomes not only desirable but necessary.

When an intensive format becomes a strategic lever

To respond to this reality, we designed the Alignment Bootcamp. The idea is simple. Condense the essentials of an annual planning process into an intensive, guided format that enables organizations to regain, in a single day, the clarity and cohesion they often struggle to achieve over several weeks.

The format is based on co-creation. Rather than working in silos or spreading the process across a series of separate meetings, decision-makers are brought together in a structured environment, supported by experienced facilitation. This dynamic activates collective intelligence, reveals blind spots and speeds up decision-making. The sprint’s tight structure prevents dispersion, while the sustained pace encourages teams to focus on what truly matters in 2026.

A method that combines reflection and action

What makes this type of intervention particularly effective is its ability to connect strategic thinking to concrete integration. During the day, teams clarify:

• their personas to guide messages and initiatives better ;
• their 2026 priorities ;
• build a 12-month action plan that is then broken down into 90-day sprints

The objective is simple. Turn a collection of ideas into a concrete, easy-to-follow, quick-to-implement plan. The format also provides a way to track progress over the coming months, so that the work accomplished does not remain a purely theoretical exercise.

An immediate and lasting result

At the end of the bootcamp, organizations leave with a clear view of their 2026 priorities and a structured action plan that can be implemented as of the next day.

The team comes out aligned, more confident and better prepared to face a demanding year ahead. Most participants share the same impression. The day unlocks discussions that had been stalled for weeks, clarifies what was vague and gets everyone moving again.

An approach adapted to the challenges of 2026

For organizations that feel their teams are moving forward but not in the same direction, or that want to reduce the gap between intention and execution, this type of sprint is a powerful lever. A single day is often enough to restore coherence, rhythm and a shared direction. The Alignment Bootcamp was designed to respond to this need. Help you accelerate your 2026 planning without sacrificing quality and give your organization the momentum it needs to start the year with confidence.

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