Collaborative strategy development involves real people engaging in real time against the backdrop of real life. This candid, practical session will provide strategic planning practitioners with road-tested tips for co-creating effective plans with people who are exhausted, distracted, irritable or entrenched. We need a deeper toolbox, a nimble process and a more flexible mindset to channel their attention productively and help them look down a longer road. Drawing on experience across sectors strategizing with hundreds of organizations, this session will explore how adaptability and empathy are powerful sources of fuel to re-energize planning processes with people who are often running on empty.