Andrew Smith
Facilitator
Business coach and developer
of the Accelerated Planning Technique™
System ideas-engineer
Problem-solver
Strategist and planning
specialist.
Andrew
started his first New Zealand business when he was twenty-three, and
has established and operated a number of successful businesses in
manufacturing, electronics, training, investments and retailing. He
also started a couple of businesses that were 'less than successful'.
So his career has consisted of both winning and learning.
In
the mid-80’s, his career moved to the information technology industry.
He held positions in major-account marketing, systems design, and
project-management. This included six years in the UK and North America
designing strategic systems for some of the world’s largest retail
companies.
Since 1985 Andrew has been heavily involved in
the research program that transformed a powerful NASA process into the
"user-friendly" Accelerated
Planning Technique™. His business skills,
project-management background and understanding of human potential make
him highly qualified to direct this programme.
In 1991
Andrew recognised the need for a simpler and more effective method to
plan for results. In his opinion on business plans should be an active
'living' thing that makes you (or your team) more capable. To cut a
long story short, with some inspiration and assistance from the NASA
organization, he developed a system called
Accelerated Planning
Technique, or APT for short.
Andrew talks on planning as a
keynote presenter and teaches people this simple planning method so
they can think clearly and act effectively -- in a wide range of
business and related applications. He also coaches and facilitates
planning sessions. This facilitation and coaching service is for
individuals and organizations when results are required quickly or the
issues are clouded or complex.
He has also developed a team
planning version of APT. This process encourages whole group
participation in the planning process. It can even make it fun.
(1) Organisation Development:
Teaching
people how to prepare practical plans that really work. And how to do
it simpler, faster and more creatively. Working with individuals and
teams to facilitate their strategic and business operation plans.
Andrew's simple-to-understand method empowers businesses and
organizations to effectively manage change and achieve strategic goals.
(2) Translating ideas and concepts into practical action steps::
Teaching
people or facilitating the process so people can simply and quickly
translate conceptual ideas and concepts into a practical action plans.
He
has a very practical approach for planning and achieving results. He
calls it the K-I-S-S-S approach (keep it short, simple and strategic).
His passion is making the complex simple. The APT planning system gets
people thinking and planning with visual images. Since we do much of
our thinking in pictures, everyone understands the process.
Want to know more about the APT planning system?
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