Analysis & Frameworks
The classic toolkit for making sense of a situation.
These are the frameworks that show up across industries, problem types, and career levels because they work. Some are fifty years old; all of them are still in the bag. This category covers the mechanics of each, the attribution, and — most importantly — how to actually use them in a 90-minute session.
Analysis & Frameworks
SWOT
A fast, structured scan of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Analysis & Frameworks
Porter's Five Forces
Assessing the competitive intensity — and therefore the profit potential — of an industry.
Analysis & Frameworks
PESTEL
Surveying the macro environment systematically: political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal.
Analysis & Frameworks
Value Chain Analysis
Mapping where value is created — and where it leaks.
Analysis & Frameworks
BCG Matrix & GE/McKinsey Nine-Box
Portfolio strategy across business units or product lines.
Analysis & Frameworks
Ansoff Matrix
Four growth moves: market penetration, market development, product development, diversification.
Analysis & Frameworks
McKinsey 7S
Diagnosing alignment across strategy, structure, systems, staff, skills, style, and shared values.
Analysis & Frameworks
Marketing Mix & Jobs-to-be-Done
Understanding what customers actually want — and whether you're delivering it.
Analysis & Frameworks
Profit / Profitability Tree
Decomposing a profitability problem into its drivers.
Analysis & Frameworks
Market Sizing & Estimation
Estimating a market from first principles when the data doesn't exist yet.