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Strategy review and stress-test
Find out where your strategy is exposed before the market does.
Who it is for
Is your strategy still fit for purpose?
Most strategies aren’t wrong when they’re written. They become wrong as the world moves. This service suits leaders who:
Sense their strategy is drifting from reality, but can’t pinpoint where.
Want an independent view before a board review or planning cycle.
Have inherited a strategy and need to know whether to keep, adjust or rebuild it.
Want a fast, low-commitment way to work with us first.
What we do
Five standards. One honest assessment.
We test your current strategy against the five standards at the heart of Strategy in Action: conditions, sustainable value, strategic opportunity-risk, capability and catalytic action. Most strategies fall short on at least one.
We look at what your strategy assumes about the world, whether those assumptions still hold, and where gaps between strategy and action are putting value at risk.
How it works
How the stress-test runs
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Step 1
Review
We review your strategy documents and supporting material.
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Step 2
Listen
Short interviews with key leaders show how the strategy is understood and used.
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Step 3
Test
We assess the strategy against the five standards and current conditions.
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Step 4
Report back
We present findings to your executive team or board, with clear recommendations.
What you get
What you walk away with
A clear rating of your strategy against each of the five standards.
The assumptions that no longer hold, and what has replaced them.
The opportunities and risks your strategy may be missing.
Practical recommendations: keep, adjust or rebuild.