Over the past ten years we have polished and refined a systematic strategic methodology, the KaiMethod, that consistently produced more innovative and disruptive business strategies. Our approach is composed of three steps:
- Problem: by working backward from a desired future as great chess players do you can identify the right “ultimate question” and avoid the common mistake of solving the wrong strategic problem. Result: a well articulated strategic question that gets to the heart of your most important challenge.
- Options: tapping our database of 400 cases, categorized along a schema of 36 strategic patterns*, you see strategic possibilities that your current perspective hides from view and you can more accurately predict to what outcome competitive dynamics will lead. Result: 30-200 strategic options.
- Priorities: by following staged filtering process you rapidly isolate the most promising, most disruptive, competitive strategies, avoiding the common mistake of ruling out innovative ideas. Result: strategic clarity; a simple, focused set of strategic priorities that will deliver new growth.
