About UsOrganisations face two kinds of problem. There are issues such as cost management, where the problem is plain and the solutions straightforward, if hard work. Equally, there are intractable and painful issues where the problem is largely undefined, and in which finding the nature of the question is often as important as seeking its answer. The Challenge Network deals chiefly with the second set of issues. We help organisations to articulate issues with which they have yet to come to grips. We give insight into the forces that are generating change, and we help to adapt and innovate in response to these.The Challenge NetworkTCN_b9a113e2-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7The Challenge Network is a loose international partnership of expert individuals, most of whom have occupied senior planning or management roles in commerce and the public sector. We take on projects that organisations or interests find it hard to structure for themselves. Oliver SparrowDirector_b9a115f4-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7To help organisations synthesize their insight into something which generates action ... and to link this insight with the changing world in which they operate._b9a116b2-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Strategic & Scenario PlanningOffer master classes on strategic planning._b9a1175c-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b71We offer a one or two day master class on strategic planning. The modules are available as PDF documentsUnderstandingUnderstanding the new operating environment_b9a1182e-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 1.1RewewalOn the nature of organisational renewal _b9a118c4-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 1.2InsightGathering Insight about the operating environment _b9a11950-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 1.3Values, Options & NarrativeUnderstanding Values, generating Options and the role of the Narrative _b9a119fa-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 1.4Machinery & ProcessesThe underlying machinery and processes _b9a11a90-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 1.5ManagementOn managing for renewal, and a summary_b9a11b3a-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 1.6Technology Management & InnovationOffer classes on strategic technology management._b9a11be4-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b72We offer a one or two day class on strategic technology management. The optional first day (not covered here) addresses technology road mapping. The modules are available as PDF documents ...TasksThree tasks for technology management_b9a11c98-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 2.1OptionsUnderstanding the options created by options to manage costs, volatility, quality _b9a11d42-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 2.2AspectsWhat is entailed in strategic technology management _b9a11e00-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 2.3Systems & StructuresSystems and structures to generate renewal_b9a11ec8-1b96-11e2-8bbb-6ba5c7ccd5b7Module 2.42012-10-21http://www.chforum.org/about.shtmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net