Strategy Workbench
Linking evidence and importing signals
A topic is more convincing when it is backed by evidence. The Workbench lets you connect each topic to the work and external developments that support it, so the case for acting is visible and defensible.
Importing signals
If an organization is monitored with Strategic Signals, you can import relevant signal hits straight into the Workbench as topics. This turns external developments into structured threads you can assess and act on. Strategic Signals explains how the monitoring works.
Linking topics to your work
Topics can be linked to diagnostics, strategies, tactical plans, signals, and to each other, using relationships such as supported by, derived from, depends on, or conflicts with. These links keep a topic connected to its evidence and to the decisions it influences.
Tasks to drive review
Each topic can carry tasks — review the topic, validate an assumption, gather evidence, discuss it in a leadership meeting, or decide whether it is material — so the layer stays active rather than becoming a static list. When you complete a task, capture a short strategic conclusion: that conclusion is what later lets you turn the work into a strategy update.
How to use this in Cogliva
- Import the signals that matter for the organization and triage them into topics.
- Link each topic to the diagnostic, strategy, or plan it relates to.
- Add tasks so assumptions get tested and decisions get made.