Choosing a new direction for a business

Choosing a new business direction means exploring possibilities before you can be certain which will succeed. The challenge is to decide what deserves testing, what existing value to protect and how much confidence the evidence really gives you.

What can reveal new business directions beyond our research?

Your team's experience and imagination can reveal new business directions that research alone cannot supply.

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How do we develop strategic options for our business?

Develop strategic options by framing the central challenge as a question, developing alternative answers and their conditions for success, then devising tests to help choose a direction.

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What can prototypes tell us about new strategic ideas?

Rapid prototypes can expose assumptions that do not hold and show how a strategic idea needs to change before it merits further commitment.

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How do we choose a business direction for an uncertain future?

Choose a business direction by exploring several possible futures rather than relying on a single prediction, then judging where the business could compete as conditions change.

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What role should AI play in our brand direction?

Use AI to organise information and surface possible opportunities for your brand, while keeping decisions about direction and acceptable risk with your team.

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