CDC Strategy Days 2026 — CDC Strategy Days 2026

# CDC Strategy Days 2026

Agenda · 9–10 June 2026

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## Day 1 — Current state and direction

| Time  | Item                                | Responsible     |
| ----- | ----------------------------------- | --------------- |
| 09:00 | Welcome                             | Eirik & Rune    |
| 09:20 | Safety Moment                       | Anders Nese     |
| 09:30 | Current state                       | Eirik / Anders  |
| 10:30 | Purpose of CDC                      | Rune / Per Atle |
| 11:15 | Reflections                         | All             |
| 11:30 | Lunch                               |                 |

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## Day 1 — Afternoon

| Time  | Item                              | Responsible |
| ----- | --------------------------------- | ----------- |
| 12:15 | CDC 2.0                           | Rune        |
| 12:45 | CSOC                              |             |
| 13:15 | CDC OT                            |             |
| 13:30 | Break                             |             |
| 13:45 | Tactical workforce planning       |             |
| 14:15 | Career ladder & competence strategy | Eirik     |

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## 09:00 — Welcome

Set the stage; walk through the agenda, objectives and ground rules.

Capture each participant's expectations for the strategy days.

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## 09:30 — Current state

Sail boat retrospective on CDC today.

- What propels us forward?
- What holds us back?
- Risks ahead
- Destination we are aiming for

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## 10:30 — Purpose of CDC

Sticky-note exercise to articulate a shared, sharpened purpose statement for CDC.

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## 12:15 — CDC 2.0

Introductory discussion on the next iteration of CDC.

**Output:** key arenas, processes, roles and responsibilities, collaboration models and interfaces.

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## 12:45 — CSOC

Decide the direction for the future SOC setup.

_Pre-session: Karg on CSOC current state._

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## 13:15 — CDC OT

Align on the new OMC documents and IT/OT collaboration model.

_Pre-session: Einar and Lars Terje from the OT task force._

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## 13:45 — Tactical workforce planning

Define CDC teams, their deliveries and ideal size.

_Pre-work: each lead describes their own product, main deliveries and ideal team size._

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## 14:15 — Career ladder & competence strategy

- Subject leads, advisors and specialists in the career ladder
- CDC competence strategy — expectations and requirements
- Career pipelines in CDC

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## Day 2 — Future state and OKR

| Time  | Item                       | Responsible |
| ----- | -------------------------- | ----------- |
| 09:00 | Welcome day 2              | Eirik       |
| 09:15 | Strategic Beliefs          | Anders      |
| 10:15 | Future State               |             |
| 11:15 | Lunch                      |             |
| 12:00 | OKR session for CDC 2026   |             |
| 13:00 | Break                      |             |
| 13:15 | OKR (continued)            |             |
| 13:55 | Wrap-up and reflections    |             |
| 14:00 | End of day                 |             |

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## 09:15 — Strategic Beliefs

Agree on our strategic beliefs.

Keep them **grounded and concrete** — avoid platitudes like _"replenish reserves"_ or _"volatile markets"._

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## 10:15 — Future State

Describe the desired future state in two scenarios:

1. With desired funding
2. Without desired funding

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## 12:00 — OKR session for CDC 2026

Align on **one shared OKR** at CDC level.

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## 13:55 — Wrap-up

- Summarise decisions
- Agree on next steps and owners
- Closing reflections