Coop Nord decided to utilize the most modern and well established methodology, Corporate Governance (CG), in their strategy process, and Straterio was hired to facilitate the strategy process and operationalize their CG preparing for smart application support. This resulted in a mutual collaboration and innovation using both sides experience from banks and finance. The goal was to balance opportunities/promises in the strategic goals with risks – providing more realistic objectives for the strategy 2019 – 2023.