Case Studies
Oklahoma Department of Commerce Organizational Assessment and Target Industry Study
“The Boyette Strategic Advisors team of experts guided the Oklahoma Department of Commerce through a planning and alignment process to lead our organization and the state of Oklahoma into the 21st Century. The end product – the “Foundation for the Future” – is a comprehensive plan addressing economic development strategy, targeted business opportunities, innovative incentives, new programs and alignment, and numerous development initiatives. The ideas generated by the Boyette Strategic Advisors team were so “exciting” and “on target” that we implemented several while still engaged in the planning process. Each member of the Boyette Strategic Advisors team brought their unique expertise and wisdom, creativity, integrity, incredible passion for economic development, and commitment to provide a cutting edge strategy for our organization. The team and end product definitely exceeded our expectations!”
Boyette Strategic Advisors was selected by the state of Oklahoma’s lead economic development agency to develop a planning and program alignment process that will provide direction to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and guide prioritization of agency objectives, actions and resources into the 21st Century. The process included a review and assessment of the state of Oklahoma’s current targeted industries and the identification of targeted business opportunities. The process also involved the development of recommendations on how to align key agency programs and assess potential new initiatives in support of the strategic direction. Related to agency programs, recommendations were made related to energy, entrepreneurial, existing industry, global business, incentives, innovation/technology, international, marketing/communications/partnerships, regional/rural and workforce.