The CEOs of CIRA and SIDN chose the suite of John Matson Consulting’s (JMC) “human-side” strategy tools to engage themselves and their organizations to complete a historic domain industry deal. 

CIRA and SIDN, registries of the Canadian .CA domain and the Dutch .NL domain respectively, yesterday announced the formation of a new partnership to collaboratively develop, promote and support the current CIRA Registry Platform. John Matson Consulting supported both sides in the deal.

Byron Holland, CEO of CIRA (.CA) stated “John has been a trusted advisor to myself and CIRA for the past decade and was a key content contributor and intermediary to getting our historic deal with SIDN across the line. John’s strategy tools of Knowledge Wheel Framework, S3 Model, Exec-Pairing and 1:1 Coaching were crucial facilitation tools that enabled our two organizations to engage beyond the technical to create trust in a very short time. 

Roelof Meijer, CEO of SIDN (.NL) stated “SIDN and CIRA needed to engage across an ocean and navigate deal complexities in a very short time. John and his human-side tools enabled us to candidly interact, find common ground and build trust. John’s tools and methods were a refreshing change that bridged international and cultural barriers.”

John Matson stated “I was delighted to be of service to CIRA and SIDN.  I have the privilege to do what I love, assisting clients to achieve their goals using tools of strategy that engage both their intellect and humanity.”

JMC specializes in engaging the human-side of strategy development. To do that, JMC has gathered and developed a suite of unique facilitation tools that solve complex issues by getting participants professionally and personally involved.  The Knowledge Wheel Framework challenges each participant to confront what they “Don’t Know they Don’t Know”.  The Strategic Scenario Simulation (S3) Model brings smelling salts to strategy debates and clarity to find common ground. Exec-Pairing is a facilitation method to cascade trust across two organizations or several functions.  JMC combines these tools and others to design facilitation programs that surprise in a good way. 

To learn more about JMC human-side strategy development: https://johnmatson.consulting

To learn more about the CIRA-SIDN partnership:

https://www.cira.ca/en/resources/news/about/cira-and-sidn-agree-on-partnership/