“Cascade keeps us focused on strategy, so we're not wasting time on things that aren't valuable to our business.”
"The university is a very large and complex organization and it's really a federated structure. Top down control alone doesn't work here. People need to be able to collaborate and enjoy some local empowerment. Linked with information and visibility across teams, Cascade gave them the information and opportunity to drive that collaboration."
“Cascade has really helped us refine the way we approach strategy—we are able to adapt and refocus our goals and priorities based on the insightful staff updates we review each quarter. As a result, we have developed a more unified vision of the impact we aim to achieve through our mission-driven work."
"With Cascade, we maintain constant focus and can easily reprioritize what's important for the company."
"The cascading relationship of strategic objectives, goals & activities, and the ability to link them to multiple objectives, with easy tools to track progress & produce reports. It keeps our senior team focused on the big picture."
“Cascade is a single point of ownership for our people, where they can see absolutely everything relating to their role.”
"I hold all my one-to-ones in Cascade on a monthly basis. I use it to track what we talk about, and it really helps me to track accountability so that I know what everyone is responsible for."
“Cascade keeps our strategy alive and in the cloud. It helps me to constantly focus our goals back to our vision.”
"When it comes to execution, it's on them to do it. They take full ownership, and they take accountability. That creates pride in the outcome and a beautiful Cascade of results down the line."
“Sometimes it takes an investment but it also takes commitment. We needed to be intentional and deliberate in tracking our strategic decisions to maximize our impact. Our diverse initiatives required alignment, and risk mitigation was crucial.”
"With Cascade's support, we've become agile, insightful, and more efficient in our operations."
“Cascade is a cool tool. I used to put things in Excel, but it was so hard to keep up with. Cascade is very defined and easy to use.”
"Cascade's framework made us sit back and kind of focus on what we are really trying to accomplish, not just big picture items, but steps that get you there."
“Strategic planning is difficult because I haven't been able to find a software that easily tracks progress and outcomes until now. Having one centralized place for strategic planning is absolutely critical to our long term success. I also find that having one consistent platform to input ideas and vision items makes tracking my vision for the agency much easier.”
"By putting all our goals into a single tool, and looking at it all together, we realised we had gaps. We were then able to focus and align. Cascade was able to match the software to our tools and processes, which made it a easier to roll out to the whole organization."