ESG

Business Case

A justification for a proposed project or undertaking based on its expected commercial benefit.

Private Equity

Investment funds that directly invest in private companies or conduct buyouts of public companies.

Stakeholder Management

The process of identifying, analysing, and strategically engaging with individuals who have an interest in a project.

Sustainability Strategy

A plan integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations into core business operations.

Platform Strategy

A business approach centred on creating value by facilitating interactions between multiple user groups.

Business Agility

An organisation's ability to rapidly adapt to market and environmental changes in productive and cost-effective ways.

Operating Model

The way an organisation delivers value, encompassing people, processes, technology, and governance structures.

Platform Business Model

A business model that creates value by facilitating exchanges between two or more interdependent groups, leveraging network effects and data to scale efficiently.

Data Monetisation

The process of generating measurable economic benefits from data assets, either by improving internal operations or creating external revenue streams through data products and services.

Operating Model Design

The structured approach to defining how an organisation configures its people, processes, technology, and governance to execute strategy and deliver value to customers.

Managed Services Model

An outsourcing arrangement where a service provider assumes responsibility for the ongoing management, operation, and optimisation of defined business or technology functions.

The consolidation of companies through various types of financial transactions including mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers.

The analysis of revenues and costs associated with a specific business model on a per-unit basis.

A metric measuring the percentage of recurring revenue retained from existing customers over a period, including expansion revenue and accounting for churn and contraction.

Investment of corporate funds directly into external startup companies to gain strategic benefits such as access to innovation, market intelligence, and potential acquisitions.

A situation where a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot easily switch.

A framework that describes the progressive stages of organisational AI capability from experimental pilots through scaled deployment to enterprise-wide autonomous operations.

A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim, involving resource allocation and competitive positioning.

A systematic approach to thinking about the future to inform present-day decisions and strategy.

Governance

The system of policies, rules, and processes by which activities are directed, controlled, and managed.