ISM gives business managers a new perspective from which to work … a new way to think about business … a new way to think about the organization and its mission. We do this by working with business leaders not as consultants but rather as instructors and facilitators. We develop managers’ real-time thinking abilities and provide them with information management tools that integrate strategic initiatives with key execution and performance measures. We often times use music as an analogy to describe what we help clients create within their organizations. Think of the way musicians in an orchestra work together. Each musician brings their own unique talent and instrument to the stage, and yet each work with the conductor from a common understanding of the elements of all music … rhythm, harmony, melody, key signature, and form … and, through the sheet music, a common view of how these elements have been applied to this particular musical work. Everyone is aligned around a common perspective of the music, to be played by all, at the same time, in real time. That is exactly the type of environment we help you create as you face the challenges of managing in a world with a high degree of uncertainty. We know that you and your team need to develop competencies that allow you to create, adapt, and adjust strategies in fast-paced and constantly changing business environments. Our methodologies and systems that integrate real-time strategic thinking with a web-based view of key execution and performance measures will put you in a position to find the right strategic direction and make better decisions … decisions that can lead to higher performance.