CASE: Alajärvi Telephone Cooperative JAPO - Strategic foresight and scenario work

JAPO is a provider, developer and operator of communication services and networks in the Lower Lake District, which sought a common strategic direction after the merger of two companies. This created a need to think about the future and make strategic choices in the boardroom.

Toni Harjula, the long-time CEO, felt that more support was needed to broaden his own vision and challenge established ideas about the direction Japan's future should take. The aim was to have a clear direction for the next 10 years and to carry out effective and practical scenario work that would result in concrete tools for developing strategy and day-to-day operations.

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The More Than Group was selected as a partner through a long informal collaboration. ”We also wanted to hear about future thinking. We will be working more and more with younger generations in the future, and we wanted to learn from younger people.”, says Japan CEO Toni Harjula.

Japan Veli-Matti Levijoki, Network Manager thanks the More Than Group for a well-structured cooperation. ”Processes were swift and on schedule, with moments together of appropriate length. At the end of the day, the jacket was often empty of ideas. Overall, the collaboration was reasonably tight and well executed.”

In particular, Toni thanks the team for coming to Alajärvi and ensuring that the focus was on the right things. “We started from scratch in terms of strategy and came up with three possible scenarios that describe what the future could bring. This forward-looking work will help us ensure business continuity, grow as a company and continue our more than 100-year history. That's what it's all about”, Toni sums up.

“Item by item, we could sign and laminate on the wall these things that were achieved. That's where we're going now.”, Veli-Matti confirms.

Toni and Veli-Matti praise the cooperation with More Than Group as functional, smooth and smooth. They both warmly recommend the cooperation, especially to those who are thinking about what will happen in the next decade and in which direction their business should be heading.

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