Have you ever been guilty of looking at
others your own peer, age, background
doing great and Big Things, and
wondering why things are not working
your way yet? They have similar dreams
, Big Dreams, Large VISION, but the only
difference is someone was willing to
ACT, willing to FAIL, Willing to be
MOCKED. This conference is an Action
driven conference you will leave with
ACTIONABLE, MEASUREABLE and
ACCOUNTABILITY partners to remind
you to see it through.
 What do you want to do?
 Why do i want to do it?
 How will i do it?
 What do you know about it?
 What are the Missing links (Gap)
 What are the Risk (Obstacles)
 What are Baby steps to take
 What are my Fears (Be Honest)
 My determination meter
 Ask self, What's the worse thing that can happen?
“Vision to Action “will give you insight into:
 Understanding NEED assessment
 Understanding CUSTOMERS
 Understanding COMPETITORS
 Understanding STEPS to build product
 Understand potential RISKS involved and Preparation
 Understanding PEST strategy for project
 Learn how to BUILD product from conceptual phase to market delivery
 Develop Product ROADMAP
 Develop Product canvass/ VISION Document
 I have an idea and don’t know how to
make it come to live
 I have a “pet” project and I need to
make it a reality
 I have a full-time profession and don’t
have enough time during the day. I need
an independent perspective.
 Explore the Possibility of building a
product
 Opportunity to network with product
professionals
 Opportunity for additional income
 Opportunity to fulfill product dream
 Opportunity to spend time doing what you love
 Bring Your ideas to Life
 If you can think it, why not bring it to life
 The opportunity can live a legacy
 We think daily why not think big?
 Developed VISION document
 Developed PEST strategy document
 Developed USER PERSONAS for business
 Developed COMPETITOR analysis
 Developed preliminary USER stories for starters
 Developed preliminary EPIC for projects
 Access to NETWORK of professionals
 Reference documents and TEMPLATES for future use
 Constant newsletter updates on TRENDS in technology
Identify a product/ Idea (old or new).
Determine if there is a market for this product/idea.
How much revenue it will generate.
How to improve product and continuously monitor
Do you have any of the
following Risk:
• Political
• Economical
• Social
• Technological
IDEATION
ANALYSIS
PLANNING
EXECUTION
MONITORING
CONSTANT
FEEDBACK
Constant need
Assessment
Market demand
Cost of
product/idea
Quality of
product/idea
Competitors
actions and
reaction
 The Vision is a clear, simple statement of what the customer,
consumer or business wants.
 Creating the vision collaboratively gives everyone a shared
understanding of the business opportunity that needs a
solution
 Sharing the vision continually keeps everyone focused on the
common goal.
Action:
Write your vision and share
Action:
Write all goals on flash card immediately
 You see, you don’t have to
know what to do in order to
take action.
 You just have to have a
general direction and take the
next step.
 It’s not always going to be
comfortable, but it’s going to
be worth it.
Thought
s:
IDEATION
ANALYSIS
PLANNING
EXECUTION
MONITORING
CONSTANT
FEEDBACK
Detailed examination of the key
structure of an initiation and a guide
for discussion, interpretation and
eventual execution.
 The biggest risk is
not taking any
risk... In a world
that changing really
quickly, the only
strategy that is
guaranteed to fail is
not taking risks…
 Mark Zuckerberg
Imagine that you are riding in the
elevator with an executive and they
ask about your current project.
What can you tell them in the 1-3
minute ride that sums up your
project?
Create an elevator
statement.
“FOR <target customer>
WHO <statement of need>
THE <product> IS A <product category> THAT
<key benefit>.
UNLIKE <primary competitor>
OUR PRODUCT <further differentiation>.”
Action:
Write your “Elevator speech” and share
on index card
IDEATION
ANALYSIS
PLANNING
EXECUTION
MONITORING
CONSTANT
FEEDBACK
the process of making
plans for something
For identified goals, identify as many
tasks as possible to achieve the goals .
Prioritize each of the task in the order
of Value to the business objectives
Limit the tasks to 3 for each goal for a
start
Action:
Write task for each of the goals and
prioritize them
Action:
For written goals, prioritize each goals
and task
Legal Requirement/ Regulation
Increase in Revenue
Time savings
Cost Savings
Brand recognition
Customer Retention
•Develop action and
timeline
•Plan with planning
templates to show
short term and long
terms
IDEATION
ANALYSIS
PLANNING
EXECUTION
MONITORING
CONSTANT
FEEDBACK
the carrying out or
putting into effect of a
plan, order, or course
of action
Identify executing team
Identify timeline
Identify what you can do now
Identify what will be done in milestones (3
months, 6 months, 12 months)
Questions
Asked?
 What was done
previous day
 what will be done
today
 Any road block
Action:
Perform Daily stand up exercise
Meeting with stakeholders, sponsors
and review the functionality
Action:
Perform exercise demo
IDEATION
ANALYSIS
PLANNING
EXECUTION
MONITORING
CONSTANT
FEEDBACK
observe and check the progress
or quality of (something) over a
period of time; keep under
systematic review
 Set up a time to review goals daily or weekly
 Schedule a time to get reminders from accountability partner
 Provide to self honest feedback
 Provide score card to self to assess self (1-10) 10 been maximum and 1
Minimum.
 Provide incentives and reward yourself when milestone is reached.
“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others..
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
….François de La Rochefoucauld
The Pareto principle (also known as
the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital
few, and the principle of factor sparsity
states that, for many events, roughly
80% of the effects come from 20% of
the causes. In business terms,"80% of
your sales come from 20% of your
clients.
• We're All in This Together
We are in this together.
We WIN or LOSE
together.
IDEATION
ANALYSIS
PLANNING
EXECUTION
MONITORING
CONSTANT
FEEDBACK
information about reactions to a
product, a person's performance
of a task, etc., used as a basis
for improvement.
 Questionnaire to
Customers
 Surveys on products
 Capture feedback from
Analytics to see areas of
improvement
When setting goals it's useful to look hard at each measure and ask "is it
essential?". You will certainly know the SMART mnemonic which you can use to
assess the quality of measures. SMART stands for:
 Specific - Can the detail in the information sufficient to pinpoint problems or
opportunities?
 Measurable - Can a quantitative or qualitative attribute be applied to create a metric?
 Actionable - Can the information be used to improve performance?
 Relevant - Can the information be applied to the specific problem faced by the
manager?
 Time-related - Can the information be viewed through time to identify trends?
A user persona is a representation of the
goals and behavior of a hypothesized
group of users. In most cases, personas
are synthesized from data collected from
interviews with users.
Status Married
Gender Male
Age 50-64
Occupation Engineer
MOTIVATION
Love for Africa, Bright future for our
children, Continent prestige, Building a
model Africa continent and countries
successful.
DESCRIPTION
• Africans that are part of the first generation
of Africans that migrated to the West
(Europe, USA, Canada, Australia)
• This Africans are well integrated in the
western world and have raised families with
strong western values and limited knowledge
of the continent of Africa.
GOALS
To contribute to the continent of Africa
through education, entrepreneurship,
employment, and Gender inclusion.
FRUSTRATION:
• There is no platform to channel positive
contribution
• There is no central place to get information
about ways to contribute to continent
• There are no clear mentorship programs to
guide decision about the continent
• There is a GAP between AU members and
leadership..
POTENTAIL GROUPS AFFILIATED WITH
• LinkedIn
• Black power Movement
Personality
Neutral
Pro Africa
BIO
Kwame has a day job as an Engineer, but
on the side he is very involved with the
African American chamber of commerce
activities, a member of the Black power
movement and a human right activist
against violence against Black movement.
He is a very hard worker but gets little
recognition for his hard work. He is currently
frustrated for lack of recognition and he is
exploring using his talent and skills where it
counts the most, the continent of Africa. He
is married with 2 kids, and 2 grandchildren
and will be retried soon. He is worried the
future for his grandchildren.
Motto:
“Liberate your Mind”
Extrovert Introvert
Open Minded Rigid
MOTIVATION
Love for Africa, Curiosity about the continent,
Excited about stories told about ancestors,
Bright future for our children, Continent
prestige, Building a model Africa continent
and countries successful.
DESCRIPTION
• Parents Grandparents are first generation
Africans that migrated to the West (Europe,
USA, Canada, Australia)
• This Africans are well integrated in the western
world and have raised families with strong
western values and limited knowledge of the
continent of Africa.
GOALS
To contribute to the continent of Africa
through education, entrepreneurship,
employment, and Gender inclusion.
FRUSTRATION:
• There is no platform to channel positive
contribution
• There is no central place to get information
about ways to contribute to continent
• There are no clear mentorship programs to
guide decision about the continent
• There is a GAP between AU members and
leadership..
POTENTAIL GROUPS AFFILIATED WITH
• LinkedIn
• Friends from college/ College Alumni
Personality
Neutral
Pro Africa
BIO
Yewande (“Yewwy”) has a day job as a
medical internist, she is very involved in
community services such as Habitat
community service, Doctors without border
groups that visit war thorn places and
community. She is a lover of Sports and
recreation. She is curious about the
continent of Africa and hopes to visit soon
and very opened to relationship with
Africans from the continent or in the USA.
Motto:
“Impossible is Nothing”
Extrovert Introvert
Open Minded Rigid
Status Single/Married
Gender Male/ Female
Age 18-30
Occupation Doctor
• Team Happy Hour
• Team Breakfast
• Team Lunch
• Birthdays of team
members
 The Power of Scrum, In the Real World, For the Agile Scrum Master, Product
Owner, Stakeholder and Development Team by Paul VII
 The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software by Jonathan
Rasmusson
 60 Minute Scrum by Stewart Lancaster
 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon
Sinek
 The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your
Career by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
Groupme
Whatsap
Askit
Action:
Download the application on Android
and Ios
• Head of Operational Technology in a big 5
consulting
• Mentor on Skillweed, fastest growing capacity
building platform for African Professionals
• Partner with African Union on Capacity Building
• Mentor to many start-ups
• Mentor and professional in Content management
strategy
• Served over 70+ “Fortune 500” as a Manager
with Big 4 “Ernst & Young”
• Co-Author many articles
• Author of Poetry book “Lord, I have a question”
• Author of “Think it Build it” (In works)
• Akingbade(Akin) co-founder of largest
professional database of African professionals
“PANLinked.com”
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Thank You!!!

Vision to Action

  • 2.
    Have you everbeen guilty of looking at others your own peer, age, background doing great and Big Things, and wondering why things are not working your way yet? They have similar dreams , Big Dreams, Large VISION, but the only difference is someone was willing to ACT, willing to FAIL, Willing to be MOCKED. This conference is an Action driven conference you will leave with ACTIONABLE, MEASUREABLE and ACCOUNTABILITY partners to remind you to see it through.
  • 3.
     What doyou want to do?  Why do i want to do it?  How will i do it?  What do you know about it?  What are the Missing links (Gap)  What are the Risk (Obstacles)  What are Baby steps to take  What are my Fears (Be Honest)  My determination meter  Ask self, What's the worse thing that can happen?
  • 4.
    “Vision to Action“will give you insight into:  Understanding NEED assessment  Understanding CUSTOMERS  Understanding COMPETITORS  Understanding STEPS to build product  Understand potential RISKS involved and Preparation  Understanding PEST strategy for project  Learn how to BUILD product from conceptual phase to market delivery  Develop Product ROADMAP  Develop Product canvass/ VISION Document
  • 5.
     I havean idea and don’t know how to make it come to live  I have a “pet” project and I need to make it a reality  I have a full-time profession and don’t have enough time during the day. I need an independent perspective.  Explore the Possibility of building a product  Opportunity to network with product professionals
  • 6.
     Opportunity foradditional income  Opportunity to fulfill product dream  Opportunity to spend time doing what you love  Bring Your ideas to Life  If you can think it, why not bring it to life  The opportunity can live a legacy  We think daily why not think big?
  • 7.
     Developed VISIONdocument  Developed PEST strategy document  Developed USER PERSONAS for business  Developed COMPETITOR analysis  Developed preliminary USER stories for starters  Developed preliminary EPIC for projects  Access to NETWORK of professionals  Reference documents and TEMPLATES for future use  Constant newsletter updates on TRENDS in technology
  • 8.
    Identify a product/Idea (old or new). Determine if there is a market for this product/idea. How much revenue it will generate. How to improve product and continuously monitor
  • 9.
    Do you haveany of the following Risk: • Political • Economical • Social • Technological
  • 10.
  • 13.
    Constant need Assessment Market demand Costof product/idea Quality of product/idea Competitors actions and reaction
  • 14.
     The Visionis a clear, simple statement of what the customer, consumer or business wants.  Creating the vision collaboratively gives everyone a shared understanding of the business opportunity that needs a solution  Sharing the vision continually keeps everyone focused on the common goal. Action: Write your vision and share
  • 15.
    Action: Write all goalson flash card immediately  You see, you don’t have to know what to do in order to take action.  You just have to have a general direction and take the next step.  It’s not always going to be comfortable, but it’s going to be worth it. Thought s:
  • 17.
  • 18.
    Detailed examination ofthe key structure of an initiation and a guide for discussion, interpretation and eventual execution.
  • 22.
     The biggestrisk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks…  Mark Zuckerberg
  • 27.
    Imagine that youare riding in the elevator with an executive and they ask about your current project. What can you tell them in the 1-3 minute ride that sums up your project? Create an elevator statement. “FOR <target customer> WHO <statement of need> THE <product> IS A <product category> THAT <key benefit>. UNLIKE <primary competitor> OUR PRODUCT <further differentiation>.” Action: Write your “Elevator speech” and share on index card
  • 28.
  • 29.
    the process ofmaking plans for something
  • 30.
    For identified goals,identify as many tasks as possible to achieve the goals . Prioritize each of the task in the order of Value to the business objectives Limit the tasks to 3 for each goal for a start Action: Write task for each of the goals and prioritize them
  • 31.
    Action: For written goals,prioritize each goals and task Legal Requirement/ Regulation Increase in Revenue Time savings Cost Savings Brand recognition Customer Retention
  • 33.
    •Develop action and timeline •Planwith planning templates to show short term and long terms
  • 34.
  • 35.
    the carrying outor putting into effect of a plan, order, or course of action
  • 37.
    Identify executing team Identifytimeline Identify what you can do now Identify what will be done in milestones (3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
  • 38.
    Questions Asked?  What wasdone previous day  what will be done today  Any road block Action: Perform Daily stand up exercise
  • 39.
    Meeting with stakeholders,sponsors and review the functionality Action: Perform exercise demo
  • 40.
  • 41.
    observe and checkthe progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review
  • 42.
     Set upa time to review goals daily or weekly  Schedule a time to get reminders from accountability partner  Provide to self honest feedback  Provide score card to self to assess self (1-10) 10 been maximum and 1 Minimum.  Provide incentives and reward yourself when milestone is reached. “The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others. ….François de La Rochefoucauld
  • 43.
    The Pareto principle(also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. In business terms,"80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients.
  • 44.
    • We're Allin This Together We are in this together. We WIN or LOSE together.
  • 45.
  • 46.
    information about reactionsto a product, a person's performance of a task, etc., used as a basis for improvement.
  • 47.
     Questionnaire to Customers Surveys on products  Capture feedback from Analytics to see areas of improvement
  • 48.
    When setting goalsit's useful to look hard at each measure and ask "is it essential?". You will certainly know the SMART mnemonic which you can use to assess the quality of measures. SMART stands for:  Specific - Can the detail in the information sufficient to pinpoint problems or opportunities?  Measurable - Can a quantitative or qualitative attribute be applied to create a metric?  Actionable - Can the information be used to improve performance?  Relevant - Can the information be applied to the specific problem faced by the manager?  Time-related - Can the information be viewed through time to identify trends?
  • 49.
    A user personais a representation of the goals and behavior of a hypothesized group of users. In most cases, personas are synthesized from data collected from interviews with users.
  • 51.
    Status Married Gender Male Age50-64 Occupation Engineer MOTIVATION Love for Africa, Bright future for our children, Continent prestige, Building a model Africa continent and countries successful. DESCRIPTION • Africans that are part of the first generation of Africans that migrated to the West (Europe, USA, Canada, Australia) • This Africans are well integrated in the western world and have raised families with strong western values and limited knowledge of the continent of Africa. GOALS To contribute to the continent of Africa through education, entrepreneurship, employment, and Gender inclusion. FRUSTRATION: • There is no platform to channel positive contribution • There is no central place to get information about ways to contribute to continent • There are no clear mentorship programs to guide decision about the continent • There is a GAP between AU members and leadership.. POTENTAIL GROUPS AFFILIATED WITH • LinkedIn • Black power Movement Personality Neutral Pro Africa BIO Kwame has a day job as an Engineer, but on the side he is very involved with the African American chamber of commerce activities, a member of the Black power movement and a human right activist against violence against Black movement. He is a very hard worker but gets little recognition for his hard work. He is currently frustrated for lack of recognition and he is exploring using his talent and skills where it counts the most, the continent of Africa. He is married with 2 kids, and 2 grandchildren and will be retried soon. He is worried the future for his grandchildren. Motto: “Liberate your Mind” Extrovert Introvert Open Minded Rigid
  • 52.
    MOTIVATION Love for Africa,Curiosity about the continent, Excited about stories told about ancestors, Bright future for our children, Continent prestige, Building a model Africa continent and countries successful. DESCRIPTION • Parents Grandparents are first generation Africans that migrated to the West (Europe, USA, Canada, Australia) • This Africans are well integrated in the western world and have raised families with strong western values and limited knowledge of the continent of Africa. GOALS To contribute to the continent of Africa through education, entrepreneurship, employment, and Gender inclusion. FRUSTRATION: • There is no platform to channel positive contribution • There is no central place to get information about ways to contribute to continent • There are no clear mentorship programs to guide decision about the continent • There is a GAP between AU members and leadership.. POTENTAIL GROUPS AFFILIATED WITH • LinkedIn • Friends from college/ College Alumni Personality Neutral Pro Africa BIO Yewande (“Yewwy”) has a day job as a medical internist, she is very involved in community services such as Habitat community service, Doctors without border groups that visit war thorn places and community. She is a lover of Sports and recreation. She is curious about the continent of Africa and hopes to visit soon and very opened to relationship with Africans from the continent or in the USA. Motto: “Impossible is Nothing” Extrovert Introvert Open Minded Rigid Status Single/Married Gender Male/ Female Age 18-30 Occupation Doctor
  • 53.
    • Team HappyHour • Team Breakfast • Team Lunch • Birthdays of team members
  • 54.
     The Powerof Scrum, In the Real World, For the Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner, Stakeholder and Development Team by Paul VII  The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software by Jonathan Rasmusson  60 Minute Scrum by Stewart Lancaster  Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek  The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
  • 55.
  • 56.
    • Head ofOperational Technology in a big 5 consulting • Mentor on Skillweed, fastest growing capacity building platform for African Professionals • Partner with African Union on Capacity Building • Mentor to many start-ups • Mentor and professional in Content management strategy • Served over 70+ “Fortune 500” as a Manager with Big 4 “Ernst & Young” • Co-Author many articles • Author of Poetry book “Lord, I have a question” • Author of “Think it Build it” (In works) • Akingbade(Akin) co-founder of largest professional database of African professionals “PANLinked.com”
  • 57.