Two unresolved strategic questions. A dispersed team under pressure. No time for cleaner data. Two workshops were facilitated, and both decisions were made in the room.
To align the exploration team around a new strategic direction.
To agree mine sequencing across an entire province.
Revenue pipeline confirmed and de-risked.
The lithium market shifted fast. The exploration team was dispersed across states, operating under pressure as two questions remained unresolved: which direction should exploration go, and in what order should mines across the province be developed?
Precision in mining matters, but waiting for cleaner data and greater certainty wasn’t an option. The team needed to move now.
The experts had most of what they needed. What was missing was a way to see it all at once: the constraints, the assumptions, the dependencies. At the sharp end of a 4-month engagement, I designed two workshops to help make the choices visible.
The team hadn't had space to process the external context together, let alone agree on a response to it. This workshop created that space deliberately.
Mining engineers work with precise data. Here, that instinct had become the blocker. A large-format mud map was built in the room to surface geographical constraints and opportunities across the province. A shared assumptions table did the rest, becoming the key to the sequencing decision.
Leadership aligned around a pivot towards larger deposits — a conclusion they reached themselves.
Leadership aligned around a pivot towards larger deposits — a conclusion they reached themselves.
Both workshops closed with clear ownership and next steps. Nothing deferred offline.
A major source of executive uncertainty about the province timeline - gone.
Sequencing confirmed, approvals de-risked. The board committed to province-wide development.
Let’s talk about where things are stuck, what decisions need to move, and how to create momentum.
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