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Environmental Scan and Strategic Intelligence Solutions

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Is your organization prepared for emerging risks and opportunities?

Are changes in your operating environment affecting your organization’s performance, competitiveness or sustainability?

Do you have the evidence and strategic intelligence needed to anticipate change, assess its implications and make informed decisions?

Are you looking to boost risk management and crisis mitigation?

Magate Wildhorse Ltd., provides Environmental Scan and Strategic Intelligence Solutions to help organizations understand their changing environments, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and develop informed strategic responses.

Our Approach

We use an evidence-informed, participatory, collaborative and systems-based approach, integrating research, analysis and stakeholder engagement.

Our methodology builds upon and expands the traditional PESTLE framework according to the organization, sector and strategic questions being examined. We apply qualitative and quantitative research, interviews, surveys, consultations and facilitated discussions as appropriate.

Our Environmental Scans Include:

  • Demographic trends: Population growth, aging, migration, workforce composition and implications for services, markets and organizational priorities.
  • Policy developments and political-legal pressures: Government priorities, legislation, regulations, political changes and their implications for mandates, compliance and operations.
  • Macroeconomic conditions: Inflation, interest rates, employment, economic growth, fiscal conditions and implications for costs, investment and sustainability.
  • Socio-cultural influences: Changing values, behaviours, cultural expectations, equity considerations and community needs affecting stakeholder relationships and service delivery.
  • Technological developments: Artificial intelligence, automation, digital transformation, emerging technologies and opportunities for innovation, efficiency and adaptation.
  • Global trade and international developments: Geopolitical shifts, trade agreements, tariffs, supply chains and international market developments affecting competitiveness and resilience.
  • Funding models: Government funding, grants, philanthropy, donor priorities, earned revenue and emerging financing mechanisms affecting financial sustainability.
  • Sector transformation: Structural changes, reforms, emerging challenges and evolving service delivery models reshaping organizational operating environments.
  • Jurisdictional comparisons: Comparing policies, regulations, institutional arrangements and strategies across jurisdictions to identify transferable lessons and strategic alternatives.
  • Competitor and comparator analysis: Examining organizational strategies, capabilities, positioning and performance to identify gaps, competitive pressures and improvement opportunities. Understanding how comparable organizations are positioning themselves, delivering services or responding to change.
  • Leading and emerging practices: Identifying effective approaches, innovative models and promising practices to support organizational learning, innovation and improvement.

From Environmental Intelligence to Strategic Decisions

Environmental scanning goes beyond collecting information. We help organizations understand what is changing, why it matters, how developments may affect their strategic direction and what responses are needed.

Our analysis connects external developments with organizational capabilities to inform strategic priorities, risk management and feasible responses.

Make better strategic decisions with evidence, insight and a deeper understanding of your operating environment.

To learn more read our article: Environmental Scanning: Building an Evidence-Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning.

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Who is this piece for?

Organizational leaders looking to grow and improve their results in 2019.

We came packed with solutions to help you attain the ―competitive edge!

We are talking about help with

  • Getting strategic focus;
  • Setting growth indicators that are aligned with your personal and business ambition;
  • Working from your CEO’s hat versus from simply that of the operations manager― (to put it another way, we’ll help you with focusing and acting for driving balanced growth);
  • Creating an actionable corporate strategy plan― for guiding you, and your organization to achieving the tomorrow you want for your business;
  • Communicating your strategy to your team so your people will line up, fully committed, and working to deliver your strategy;
  • Market research for ensuring you are aware of changes in your environment that could quickly become threats, risks, or opportunities;
  • An evaluation, or an organizational assessment for boosting organizational learning, strategy execution, improved results, better understanding of and communicating your results, or all plus improved funder readiness;
  • Problem solving, or capacity building, and increased levels of understanding for getting the right job done. We bring― workshops, webinars, charrettes, ideation, strategic and creative thinking sessions. Ever hear about our Pepper Pot Sessions for tough conversations and problem solving?

We’re all about growth, improved results, your success, and our success when you succeed!

For the solopreneur, or small business leader― finding your “one drop” or rhythm for success can take longer.  Having us as a critical friend and success partner means the acceleration of that process.

You’ll notice the improvement as you prepare for, and move from one meeting to the next.

For the government department or non-profit organization, we’ll help you turn that evaluation spend into an investment in learning and growth for your organization, even as you meet your funder requirement.

But, why wait for a funder’s request to check on growth?

Why wait for an externally driven request to learn what is going well and what must be changed in your organization?  After all, you’ve got the mandate to run that show!

We know the many reasons, why you don’t get around to it, that is why we have designed, and will work with you to get this essential part of your work done well.

And that corporate strategy plan, we know how that missing performance management system can squeeze your strategy execution to a slow and painful death. We’ve got your back with that one too!

Join a new class, say goodbye to Grade C, and that painful 60-70% failure report for strategy execution!

Economic development agency managers, chief of party, cluster managers, leaders of incubators and accelerators you thought we had forgotten you. Not a chance!

We know why and where business incubation fails.

We know cluster members could use affordable help with strategy execution; we know businesses in accelerators need that objective critical friend or advisor.

We know why development and change projects fail to deliver up to 70% of intended results.

We know that economic development agencies can realize a higher ROI if they had a partner for helping their beneficiaries with execution, and or performance measurement and management.

Look yonder to the image above, we come with a journal to help you and your clients with journaling, reflection, learning, strategy adjustment and performance improvement.

We come with hold your hand care ―plus pressure and urgency to drive success!

We come with a pen, conversations, meetings, tools, and a watch to keep score, track, and help you adjust your strategy and improve your results in time!

Because we are Magate Wildhorse Ltd, we come as that trusted friend to help you through the tough time and to focus on what really matters.

Together we’ll sniff the roses, relax, have fun, share laughs on your way to exceeding expectations.

Expect evidence-based, facts, rigor, organized, planned, synthesis, results, and caring!

Get value for money as you define it!

Let us help you find your success rhythm!

Let’s get the conversation going, message us today!