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Concepts, Tools, and Disciplines

Concepts, tools, and disciplines (CTDs) are a strategic framework for organizing our work. Finding the right CTDs for your work is one of the surest ways to help your organization focus, align, and thrive. Apply this methodology to analyze any idea’s value. Can you fully conceptualize what it will take to bring the idea to fruition? Do you have access to the tools to get the most out of it? Do you have the discipline to see it through? If so, you might just have a great idea for the organization.

In this brief, you’ll learn:

How identifying concepts, tools, and disciplines improves your work
The defining terms of our CTDs methodology
Why this process can help you eliminate distracting ideas
How to implement CTDs through two examples

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