
We listen. First we gain an appreciation
for the challenges you face in your business. Next we ask provocative
questions. We probe issues and challenge preconceived orthodoxies. Then,
with you, we design a solution targeting three outcomes:
• New wealth-creating
opportunities. Market spaces where big customer needs are going
unsatisfied. Shadows cast by the orthodoxies of an industry or business
function. New conditions that spring up after disruptions occur where
the customers live and buy, and where you compete.
• Unexpected twists
in strategic direction. Do we approach an opportunity from above,
below, this side or that? The best directions avoid head-to-head competition.
FedEx spun a new business model with overnight delivery. Dell flipped
its supply chain to one driven by demand. Our aspiration is to find and
exploit innovative business concepts of the same magnitude. And we have.
Our clients remake established industries. Sometimes they establish new
ones.
• Ongoing capability
to innovate. High growth and robust margins can only be sustained
by companies that embed innovation into their businesses. Do you think
Wal-Mart ever sits still? Strategos works to ingrain innovative thinking
- and the processes for exploiting new ideas. We
help our clients compete for the future while they compete in the present.
We work with them to embed innovation processes every bit as deeply in
corporate operations as R&D, budgeting, or customer service.
In the spirit of innovation we probe from above,
below — this side and that. Brainstorming is an essential, but very
small, part of the process. Most of
the work of innovation comes in accelerating the trip from fresh idea
to operating results. One among many techniques
is to construct a pipeline for innovations to funnel ideas, screen them,
and speed them into experiments, ventures, and scale-up. Another is to
set up internal markets for people, capital, and assets. We mix and match
rapid experimentation, strategic alliances, and corporate venturing.
Always balancing the innovation between how you
compete in the present with the new ways you must compete for the future.
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