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Are the assumptions behind your strategy still true?
Test the thinking behind a strategic direction or transformation programme against independent stakeholder and market evidence, before commitment hardens into momentum.
What this looks like
Examples of who brings us in
- A strategy team preparing a multi-year plan, wanting to pressure-test its core assumptions before it goes to the board.
- A transformation programme months into delivery, needing an independent check that the original thinking still holds.
- A leadership team wanting to know whether internal confidence in a direction is shared by the stakeholders it depends on.
Relevant guides
How to Challenge Groupthink in a Leadership Team: A Working Guide
This guide explains how senior leaders can surface and challenge groupthink inside an executive team without destabilising it. After reading, you will know how to spot the warning signs, structure dissent into your decision process, and build the habits that keep a leadership team honest.
Go-to-Market Research in Financial Services: What Actually Works
A working guide to designing and running go-to-market research in regulated financial services, covering buyer access, evidence quality, and the judgement calls that determine whether findings hold up. After reading, you will know how to scope the research, who to speak to, and how to translate findings into a GTM plan your board will back.
Market Entry Intelligence for Regulated Industries: A Working Guide
A practical guide to gathering the intelligence you need before entering a regulated market, covering regulator posture, incumbent dynamics, buyer readiness and distribution realities. After reading, you will know what to test, in what order, and how to build a credible entry case that holds up under board and supervisory scrutiny.
Stakeholder Intelligence Before a Board Decision: A Working Guide
This guide explains how to gather and present stakeholder intelligence in the window before a board decision, so directors can test the proposal against the views of the people who will shape its outcome. After reading, you will know what to collect, who to speak to, how to sequence the work, and how to present findings in a way that strengthens the board's judgement rather than crowding it.
How to Build a Credible Wind-Down Plan for PRA and FCA Review
This guide explains what the PRA and FCA actually look for in a wind-down plan, and where firms most often fall short. After reading, you will know how to pressure-test your plan against realistic stress conditions and present it as a document the board, and the regulator, can trust.
How to Test Strategic Assumptions Before Committing: A Practical Guide
A working guide for senior leaders in financial services on how to surface, prioritise and stress-test the assumptions underpinning a strategic decision before capital or reputation is committed. After reading, you will know which assumptions deserve scrutiny, how to test them credibly, and when the evidence is strong enough to proceed.