People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticExecutive scaling health diagnosticIs an executive keeping pace with scale, or are role design, support, and capability breaking down?IntermediateOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticEarly-employee scaling diagnosticIs an early employee's role, support, and growth path adapting to the company's changing needs?IntermediateOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticM&A readiness diagnosticIs acquisition an appropriate tool for the company's strategy, operating capacity, and currency?IntermediateStrategic
TemplateTemplate / formOvercoming Obstacles Change DiagnosticHow can overcoming obstacles change diagnostic improve people, teams, or organisational effectiveness?AccessibleTacticalTemplate
TemplateTemplate / formChange Planning ChecklistHow can change planning checklist support strategic choice or positioning?AccessibleOperationalTemplate
TemplateTemplate / formProgram Quality ChecklistHow can program quality checklist improve people, teams, or organisational effectiveness?AccessibleOperationalTemplate
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticBelonging environment auditWhat everyday signals may help or hinder different people from feeling they belong?IntermediateOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticInclusive team health reviewDo assessment, recognition, meetings, opportunity access, and daily norms work fairly across groups?IntermediateOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticPersonal operating-system reviewDo a leader's routines, information flows, decisions, and relationships support effective work?AccessibleOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticValuation expectation stress testCould the proposed valuation create unrealistic milestones, distorted behavior, or future financing risk?IntermediateStrategic
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticProduct-manager conversion readinessIs the organization ready to move someone from another function into product management?AccessibleOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticManager readiness self-assessmentWhat should someone clarify before taking responsibility for other people?AccessibleOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticLightweight-process maturity checkIs a process absent, appropriately lightweight, or heavier than the problem requires?AccessibleOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticPress engagement protocolWhat should be agreed, prepared, recorded, and followed up when speaking with journalists?IntermediateOperational
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticMeeting system health checkDoes the team's meeting portfolio produce necessary outcomes with acceptable cost?AccessibleStrategic
People & OrganisationChecklist / diagnosticOrganizational foundations auditAre the mission, strategy, goals, structure, metrics, ownership, and cadence mutually coherent?AccessibleStrategic
OperationsTemplate / formChecklists for ChangeHow can checklists for change improve people, teams, or organisational effectiveness?Improve reliability in recurring or high consequence work.AccessibleOperational
OperationsTemplate / formMetrics dashboard design checklistDoes a dashboard make definitions, comparisons, cohorts, and exceptions easy to understand?IntermediateOperationalTemplate
MarketingTemplate / formName due-diligence checklistHas a shortlisted name been checked across language, search, legal, product, and user contexts?IntermediateOperationalTemplate
FinanceTemplate / formPricing readiness checklistHave product, finance, legal, operations, billing, sales, and customer implications of a price been addressed?IntermediateOperationalTemplate
OperationsTemplate / formTechnical documentation QA checklistIs technical documentation accurate, usable, safe, consistent, and maintainable?IntermediateOperationalTemplate
Organisational behaviourTemplate / formHiring-manager preparation checklistHas the hiring manager defined the role, loop, interviewers, evidence bar, and candidate experience?IntermediateOperationalTemplate
MarketingTemplate / formCo-brand asset review checklistDoes a shared-brand asset preserve clear attribution, balance, hierarchy, legibility, and approval rights?IntermediateOperationalTemplate
StrategyTemplate / formProduct strategy quality checklistDoes a product strategy make differentiated, evidence-backed choices rather than describe a vision or plan?IntermediateStrategicTemplate
OperationsTemplate / formContent review checklistIs a business document concise, complete, audience-appropriate, evidence-backed, and actionable?IntermediateOperationalTemplate
Organisational behaviourTemplate / formTeam-state diagnosticWhich team conditions most constrain effectiveness, and what intervention should be tested next?AccessibleTacticalTemplate
StrategyTemplate / formCounterweight metric checklistWhat unintended harm could improve while a primary metric appears successful?AccessibleOperationalTemplate
StrategyFramework / modelSWOT analysisHow can swot analysis support strategic choice or positioning?Use SWOT to connect internal resources and capabilities with the competitive conditions around the organisation. It can support the development and selection of strategy, or any other decision for which the objective and scope have first been defined clearly.IntermediateStrategicFigures
StrategyFramework / modelRating competitive positionHow can rating competitive position support strategic choice or positioning?Use it after identifying customer purchasing criteria and deriving the key success factors for a defined market.IntermediateStrategicFigures
StrategyMatrix / portfolioBoston Consulting Group (BCG) matrixHow can boston consulting group (bcg) matrix support strategic choice or positioning?To review and plan a portfolio of products, brands or SBUs.IntermediateStrategicFigures
OperationsMatrix / portfolioProduct service positioning matrixHow can product service positioning matrix support strategic choice or positioning?Position an offer according to customers’ perceptions of product quality and service value.IntermediateStrategicFigures
MarketingFramework / modelCustomer value propositionHow can customer value proposition support strategic choice or positioning?To create a compelling purchase motive.IntermediateStrategicFigures
StrategyFramework / modelSizing the market and marketcraftingHow can sizing the market and marketcrafting support strategic choice or positioning?Use marketcrafting or another market sizing method when no adequate third party estimate exists and the organisation must construct a market view from primary evidence and informed assumptions.IntermediateStrategicFigures
StrategyMatrix / portfolioDirectional policy matrixHow can directional policy matrix support strategic choice or positioning?Prioritise segments, business units, brands or new ideas.AccessibleStrategicFigures
MarketingFramework / modelBrand auditHow can brand audit support strategic choice or positioning?To diagnose and improve brand strength.AccessibleStrategicFigures
Organisational behaviourFramework / modelDISCHow can disc improve people, teams, or organisational effectiveness?Use DISC as a simple shared vocabulary for discussing communication differences.AccessibleOperationalFigures
MarketingFramework / modelMarket sizingHow can market sizing support strategic choice or positioning?To estimate the volume and value of an existing or potential market.AccessibleStrategicFigures
MarketingFramework / modelSIMALTOHow can simalto improve people, teams, or organisational effectiveness?Use SIMALTO to identify how much value customers place on possible product or service improvements.AccessibleTacticalFigures
StrategyFramework / modelProfiling the ideal playerHow can profiling the ideal player support strategic choice or positioning?Use it after selecting priority product–market segments and before assessing the organisation’s capability gaps.AccessibleStrategicFigures
OperationsFramework / modelPurchasing model (Kraljic)How can purchasing model (kraljic) support strategic choice or positioning?Use the model when a single procurement policy would give suppliers or categories the wrong level of attention. It is valuable for category strategy, supplier segmentation, resilience reviews, sourcing prioritisation and cross functional discussion.AccessibleStrategicFigures
FinanceFramework / modelValue equivalence lineHow can value equivalence line support strategic choice or positioning?Diagnose whether a brand’s price and perceived benefits support its market position.AccessibleTacticalFigures
MarketingFramework / modelRelative market shareHow can relative market share support strategic choice or positioning?Answer the key performance question: “How well are we developing our market share in comparison to our competitors?”AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyFramework / modelIdentifying key segmentsHow can identifying key segments support strategic choice or positioning?Use segmentation whenever strategy is being developed or refreshed. Without it, market research, competitor analysis and capability investment may be aimed at an economically marginal part of the business.AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyFramework / modelThe HOOF approach to demand forecastingHow can the hoof approach to demand forecasting support strategic choice or positioning?Use the process whenever a decision depends on future market demand.AccessibleStrategicFigures
FinanceFramework / modelNew product pricing (Gabor–Granger and van Westendorp)When and how should new product pricing (gabor–granger and van westendorp) be applied?To research price perceptions and purchase intent for a new or existing offer.AccessibleOperationalFigures
Organisational behaviourTheory / principleGlasser’s choice theoryHow can glasser’s choice theory support strategic choice or positioning?Use the framework to reflect on dissatisfaction, motivation or a relationship at work, and to identify a small choice within your control. Do not use it to diagnose illness, blame someone for distress or advise them to stop prescribed treatment.AccessibleOperationalFigures
Organisational behaviourMatrix / portfolioChange quadrantsHow can change quadrants support strategic choice or positioning?Use the framework to select a broad change approach, identify credible change agents, decide who must participate and shape the pace, scope and communication of the work. It is particularly useful when a standard change method feels mismatched to the organisation’s culture or motivation.AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyFramework / modelCore competences (Hamel and Prahalad)How can core competences (hamel and prahalad) support strategic choice or positioning?Use it in corporate strategy to determine how the centre can add value by building, protecting and transferring important competences across business units.AccessibleStrategicFigures