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Every company cycles through the same six phases. Biology solved each of them billions of years before your board meeting. Find your door — then use the framework that matches your situation.
GROW
Finding and executing growth
Growth Opportunity Radar
"I need to find growth opportunities"
Expansion Decision Framework
"I need to decide whether to expand"
Growth Health Diagnostic
"I'm growing but something feels wrong"
Growth Execution Playbook
"I need to actually execute growth"
Diversification Playbook
"I want to diversify / launch new things"
SURVIVE
Weathering crisis and cutting smart
Crisis Response Decision
"Revenue collapsed, market crashed, or a sudden external shock has put the business in survival mode — what do I do?"
→Strategic Cost Reduction
"I need to cut costs without destroying the capabilities that will fuel our recovery — how much do I cut, what do I cut, and…"
→Crisis Execution Playbook
"We're in active crisis — what do we do right now?"
→Separation Playbook
"I need to separate, spin off, or exit a business unit cleanly"
→Organizational Resilience System
"We survived the last crisis by luck or heroics — how do I build systems that detect threats early, absorb shocks without panic, and prevent…"
→DECIDE
Allocating resources and timing moves
Resource Allocation Framework
"You have limited resources — capital, people, time, attention — and more opportunities than you can fund. Every dollar spent on growth is a dollar…"
Partnership vs Acquisition Decision
"You're considering a strategic combination with another company — a partnership, joint venture, or acquisition. The deal could create enormous value or destroy it. How…"
Infrastructure Decision Framework
"You need to decide whether to build your own infrastructure or keep paying someone else's fees, what type of distribution network to design, and how…"
Risk Calibration Framework
"How much risk to take"
Timing Decision Framework
"When to act / timing decision"
FIX
Repairing trust, alignment, and structure
Communication System Design
"Important messages aren't landing, teams are drowning in meetings that produce nothing, critical warnings get buried under routine noise, and nobody can tell what the…"
→Organizational Alignment System
"We say one thing and do another — stated values diverge from actual behavior, teams are pulling in different directions, sensing systems collect data nobody…"
→Trust Repair Framework
"A relationship with customers, partners, employees, regulators, or the public is damaged and needs repair"
→Structural Dysfunction Diagnostic
"Decision-making is paralyzed, meetings multiply but nothing gets resolved, authority loops in circles, the org chart bears no resemblance to how work actually flows, and…"
Trust System Design
"Fraud, free-riding, or bad actors are undermining your marketplace, partnership network, or internal cooperation — customers are losing trust, honest participants are leaving, and your…"
BUILD
Designing organizations and partnerships
Organization Design Framework
"Organizational structure"
Talent Strategy Framework
"Team / hiring"
Partnership Architecture Framework
"Partnerships / ecosystem"
Organizational Memory System
"Knowledge / culture"
Coordination Architecture Framework
"Network / coordination"
SUSTAIN
Competing, renewing, and transitioning
Long-Term Resilience Framework
"I need to ensure my organization survives long-term — shocks, cycles, drift, and identity erosion"
Competitive Strategy Framework
"I need to understand my competitive position and build a sustainable strategy that outlasts rivals across multiple cycles"
Partnership Sustainability System
"I need to keep my partnerships healthy, detect deterioration early, enforce cooperation, and manage the full lifecycle from health check to graceful exit"
Operational Sustainability Framework
"I need to build operations that are efficient without being fragile, circular rather than extractive, and metabolically flexible enough to survive downturns"
Succession & Transition Framework
"I need to plan a leadership transition, execute a major organizational change, or ensure critical knowledge survives when key people leave"
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