Strategic Advisory & Custom Intelligence
For organizations facing consequential strategic questions, we support bespoke advisory and custom intelligence informed by our industry analysis.
Our publications surface the forces reshaping industries.
Some organizations need deeper analysis focused on a specific strategic question.
In those cases we collaborate with Emerging Strategy, the advisory firm founded by Adil Husain, to provide bespoke strategic advisory and custom intelligence engagements.
These engagements apply the same analytical rigor behind our publications, directed towards the specific strategic choices facing your organization.
Strategic Advisory
Strategic advisory engagements involve direct dialogue with CEOs, executive teams, and boards on decisions that shape the long-term trajectory of the company.
These conversations typically focus on three areas:
- Competitive position and strategic moves
Identifying which competitors, technologies, or structural shifts could materially alter the balance of power in the industry, and what moves would meaningfully strengthen your position. - Market narrative and strategic perception
Understanding how investors, partners, analysts, and the broader market interpret your strategy and helping leadership reframe the narrative around the company’s role and direction. - Decisions that materially affect enterprise value
Providing independent perspective on major strategic choices where the outcome could influence growth trajectory, competitive advantage, or how the market ultimately values the company.
The work centers on independent perspective, direct dialogue with leadership, and strategic interpretation of developments that could materially affect the company’s position and long-term value.
Custom Intelligence
Custom intelligence engagements focus on specific strategic questions where leadership teams need deeper analysis before making a decision.
These projects are typically commissioned by strategy, corporate development, or business unit leadership and focus on issues such as:
- Understanding a critical competitor’s strategy and likely next moves
Detailed examination of a competitor’s positioning, capabilities, and trajectory to inform strategic responses. - Evaluating the implications of a major industry shift
Structured analysis of technological, regulatory, or business model changes and how they may affect competitive dynamics. - Clarifying the strategic landscape before major planning cycles
Independent assessment of market structure, customer needs, emerging threats, and where advantage is likely to concentrate over time.
Custom intelligence engagements typically result in structured analytical briefs and executive presentations that leadership teams can use directly in internal strategy discussions.
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If you are facing a strategic question where independent analysis could sharpen the decision, we are open to discussing a potential engagement.