Tools for business insight
Interactive tools, models and frameworks to help you charge up your strategic thinking and know what to do to succeed.
A great strategy is built on the right foundations
To clear your vision, get your strategy right and create your objectives, you need to do some homework to work out exactly what you need to do to succeed. Our interactive strategy tools will give you that understanding and insight in an effortless way.
Serious business analysis made easy
Tried and tested strategic frameworks and models broken down into simple steps. Simply answer questions and click through each stage, and before you know it, you’ve conducted some pretty serious analysis and have some significant understanding to help you nail your strategy plan.
Follow our suggestions or build your own program
We’ll suggest a series of tools for you to work through, based on your ambitions, so you can be sure you’re getting the right insights to power your plan. Add or remove tools from your list, reorder them, or create your own process from scratch with our full library of tools.
Examples to fire your thinking
For every tool, at every stage, just click to see examples of completed analysis from different businesses across different industries. See answers and responses for each business type to kick-start your thinking and spark ideas.
Business Plan
When you start setting up a business, the first thing you should consider is a business plan. You must need a proper business plan to have a business bank account. Even venture capitalists, angel investors, and bankers will ask for a Business Plan if you are looking for investment.
Stay sharp
Even after your strategy is built, use these tools to refine your plan, check decisions, adjust for changes and develop your next strategic plan.
Porter’s Five Forces Model
Porter’s Five Forces Model is a framework for analyzing a company’s competitive environment. The number and power of a company’s
1. competitive rivals, 2. potential new market entrants, 3.suppliers, 4. customers, and 5. substitute products influence a company’s profitability.
The McKinsey 7-S Model
The McKinsey 7-S Model is a change framework based on a company’s organizational design.
The seven key elements of the McKinsey 7-S Model are:1. Structure 2. Strategy 3. System 4. Shared Values 5.Skill 6.Style 7.Staff
