Strategic Analysis
A scanning tool to assess influences on possible success or failures of potential strategies
What is PESTEL?
Operational model based on efficiency found in McDonald's
What is Aravind?
Problem space + resources + mission
What is the impact creation logic?
Describes whether a company directly targets competitors or protects itself
Delaying a decision due to too much information or fear is called this.
What is analysis paralysis?
A tool to assess market attractiveness
What is Porter's 5 forces?
This organization mainly utilizes knowledge-sharing in its scaling mode
What is Waste Concern?
This is where learning happens as the organization works outside its impact creation logic
What is the red zone?
Serving a niche group of customers by offering something unique
What is focus differentiation?
When the organization’s stated mission does not align with real impact.
What is mission omission?
If assets or resources don't meet this criteria, they are likely not strategic capabilities
What is VRIN?
Started as a student volunteer organization in India
What is Gram Vikas?
This is where scaling happens
What is the green zone?
Positioning by segmenting customers by how they are reached
What is access-based positioning?
When a plan looks good on paper but sadly fails in execution.
What is strategy tragedy?
The culture web helps us determine this about an organization
What is the paradigm (or core values)?
Focuses heavily on community ownership, particularly women, in its poverty-intervention activities
What is BRAC?
These occur when an organization ignores or mismanages uncertainties
What are innovation pathologies?
Describes a strategy where companies expand through new markets with activities not aligned with their operations
What is unrelated diversification?
Balancing planning, risk, and execution to achieve long-term success.
What is strategy mastery?
This P of strategy is compared to the personality of an individual
What is perspective?
What is Pyxera Global?
Helps organizations determine & address the root cause of social problems
What are problem space maps? (or what is problem space mapping)
A tool that helps organizations determine whether to compete vs. collaborate and protect vs. share
What is the Entrepreneurial Strategy Compass?
Small problems that grow into major failures over time.
What is slip to a flip?