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3rd i Designs is a strategic planning company, and was a presenter at Live Pitch 2008 in Seattle. Their plan is to integrate the lastest research into how groups can make effective assessments. They use the Web to leverage group wisdom. 3rd i Design believes that the old paradigms to strategic planning are too expensive, slow and unreliable for today’s world.

3rd i Designs

• Business Category: Tech Startup
• Founder: Jon Poland
• Inspiration for Product/Service: Attending the 2004 Conference of the World Future Society exposed me to the books The Wisdom of Crowds and Good To Great, which are what inspired me.
• Target Customer/Audience: The head of a 50+ person company/department, tech-friendly, 30-50, progressive thinker who values employee input.
• Synopsis of Product / Service: iC is an online application that taps group wisdom for conducting strategic planning. iC incorporates the latest research into how groups can make effective assessments and into best business practices. The old paradigms for strategic planning are too slow, expensive and unreliable to deal with the speed and complexity of today’s world.
• Main Company Contact: Jon Poland

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Is There Group Wisdom for Strategic Planning?