SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS IN COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS

Scope View Strategic Advantage delivers substantial and sustainable value to private, nonprofit and public clients through support in a broad range of organizational and business development areas.   They include strategic planning and implementation, needs assessment, change anticipation and positioning, board/staff training and workshop/retreat planning and facilitation.  

In a world of ever accelerating change, virtually all organizations face highly challenging circumstances, with significant competition in even the nonprofit sector.   Scope View provides more than just technical assistance.   It develops and helps implement strategies and initiatives that give a competitive advantage to those for whom it works.

While Scope View’s initial areas of work centered on the Carolinas, its client base now stretches to such areas as Virginia, across Michigan, Oklahoma, Minnesota and even out to Alaska.

SCOPE VIEW'S CORE OPERATING PRINCIPLE

Scope View works only for organizations whose integrity it respects, whose people it likes, and whose purposes are worth supporting. 

Founded by Bill Millett in 1995, the company’s client list includes corporations, architectural firms, professional associations, economic development groups, United Ways, partnerships for children, a diverse range of not-for-profits, elected bodies, libraries, councils of government and state, county and municipal agencies. 

INSIGHT AND FORESIGHT: NAVIGATING THROUGH CHANGING TIMES

Static organizations fare poorly in changing times. That they may not survive at all is evidenced by the countless examples of companies that were once dominant or major players in their fields and that are now gone. Names like Digital Equipment Company, Arthur Andersen, Pillowtex, Eastern Airlines, Philco, RCA, Pennsylvania Railroad. All were overcome by altered circumstances they didn’t foresee or couldn’t address. Literally tens of thousands of smaller organizations have faced the same fate.

Today, far too many organizations are counting on approaches and strategies that have historically served them well to continue to work in the future. Frequently, they don’t. Marketplaces have gotten far more complex and sophisticated. Private sector clients are looking for precise quantifiable factors to differentiate companies looking to do business with them. In the nonprofit world, people think of themselves not as donors but as investors-- and they expect measurable returns on the funds they provide.

In a time when ripples of changes have become tsunamis, today’s organizations are highly vulnerable if they fail to properly assess new economic realities and position themselves accordingly. New and retargeted ways of successfully navigating in such conditions are needed, and it is precisely that type of assistance that Scope View Strategic Advantage provides.

SIGNIFICANCE OF “SCOPE VIEW”

The Scope View name is a symbolic choice, one that reflects Millett’s professional perspective and personal interest.  

Major observatories contain diverse sets of telescopes: optical, infrared, radio, ultraviolet, gamma-ray and x-ray.   They scan the skies-- examining the past, considering the present and forecasting future events.   Collectively, they represent a wide range of sophisticated ways to view and assess many complex subjects and to project future events.

In its own manner, Scope View also uses an array of instruments and approaches to look at issues, help clients assess their operations, anticipate what's coming, explore options and make the most of opportunities and challenges.   While it lacks the precision of astrophysics and celestial mechanics, the company excels in commitment, innovation and results that help organizations succeed in highly competitive environments-- private, nonprofit and public.

SCOPE VIEW’S EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS

Millett has made presentations to numerous state and national conferences, and is frequently asked to facilitate workshops and retreats for a variety of organizations. 

Among his leadership positions have been: five years service on the Board of the National Association of Development Organizations, including First Vice President; Past President of the Carolina Economic Development Association; Charter President, Southeast Community Development Association; past member, Governor's Committee on Local Government (SC); and Chair, Regional Council Executive Directors Association.

Millett’s service on the boards of major national organizations with their own staffs allows Scope View to relate to issues from both a policy and managerial perspective-- a major asset in launching strategic initiatives and seeing them through.

Though the geographic service areas change, the Scope View commitment to excellence and to insuring that clients’ expectations are met and exceeded remain constant.Scope View has no set formula for working with clients. 

Each initiative is specifically designed to the particular opportunities and challenges of that situation.