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SWOT analysis

The SWOT analysis is probably the archetypal marketing or business planning tool, the origins for which seem have been lost in the mists of time. Some credit an American business thinker, a guy called Albert Humphrey, who worked at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) for its invention. However,

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Porter analysis

When to use it Porter’s Five Forces Model is another well-known, top-level, battle-hardened, often deployed tool for analysing the external competitive environment a business faces, but whereas PESTEL works at the macro-environmental level (looking at the issues beyond the control of the company), Porter works at a level below that,

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PESTEL analysis

PESTEL analysis is probably one of the most well-known, top-level, battle-hardened and frequently deployed business planning tools – a great tool! PESTEL being an acronym for Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental and Legislation. When we first came across the tool (some 30 years ago) it was simply PEST analysis: the

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Taming complexity, problem solving and introducing Ishikawa

If you have a serious problem, it’s critical to explore everything that might cause it, before you start thinking about solutions.  Ishikawa, or cause-effect analysis, is a brilliant tool for doing just this. Cause and effect Most of us assume that the relationship between cause and effect is both simple

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The Pain – Parchment and White Gloves

“Ab antiquis ad novum, ad augendam scientiam et intellectum, et adoptionem in vitam”   Translated from Latin as “from old to new, to increase knowledge and understanding, and adoption into life”.  We often find organisations with documented management systems almost written on parchment and baring no relation to what actually

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