Strategic Foresight

Strategy

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

Competitive Advantage

A condition or circumstance that puts a company in a superior business position relative to competitors.

Porter's Five Forces

A framework for analysing competitive forces in an industry: rivalry, new entrants, substitutes, buyer power, and supplier power.

SWOT Analysis

A strategic planning tool evaluating Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats facing an organisation.

Core Competency

A unique capability or advantage that distinguishes a company from its competitors and creates sustainable value.

Go-to-Market Strategy

A plan that specifies how a company will reach target customers and achieve competitive advantage with a new product.

Due Diligence

A comprehensive appraisal of a business or investment undertaken to establish its assets, liabilities, and commercial potential.

Mergers and Acquisitions

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

Corporate Governance

The system of rules, practices, and processes by which a company is directed and controlled.

Scenario Planning

A strategic planning method creating multiple plausible future scenarios to improve decision-making resilience.

Ecosystem Strategy

A strategic approach that leverages partnerships and collaborative networks to create collective value.

Blue Ocean Strategy

A business theory that suggests companies create new market spaces rather than competing in existing ones.

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

Innovation that creates a new market and value network, eventually disrupting existing markets and displacing established firms.

A sales strategy where a vendor establishes an initial foothold with a small deployment and systematically grows the account through demonstrated value and expanded use cases.

An advisory body within an organisation composed of diverse stakeholders who review, guide, and provide oversight on the ethical implications of AI projects and deployments.

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

The total revenue opportunity available for a product or service if 100% market share were achieved.

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

A dedicated unit within a corporation focused on exploring and developing new technologies and business models.