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The Skhema Method ™️
A prescriptive approach to formulating business strategy.
Michael Lovell
The Skhema method is a shift away from abstract, static and outdated business strategy frameworks.
We hold a steadfast view that the discipline of strategy, within any organization, only improves with increasing clarity of decisions around how an organization intends to compete, grow and survive.
We are sternly against the continued use of pervasive terminology such as ‘strategy, goals, objectives, and pillars’, which have been used to vaguely encompass the intent of an organization. If you hold an unwavering view towards the continued use of these terms, please exit here → 🚪.
We engage in the view that ‘strategy’ holds two sensible definitions;
We actively refrain from widespread use of the term ‘strategy’, and use alternate language in its place where others may continue to overstate or misapply the term.
To operationalize the discipline of strategy into an organization and away from a heavily perceived C-Suite or management consultancy activity, we’ve broken the discipline down into modular components. The five components can be delegated to a team most appropriately skilled for the task. This means that organizational wide contribution is not only beneficial, it is necessary to the process, and alleviates the notion that the process favours any individual personality type, or any dominant creative or analytical thinking style. That said, if you are running the gauntlet solo and the full weight rests upon your shoulders, we think Skhema will help you shine above your peers.
We place a higher importance on semantics than any other framework. The final artifact must include clear statements of judgment and opinion and express clear commands and instructions.
Brevity is critical across each Skhema element. Our language models assist in the refinement of inputs, ensuring direct language is prioritized over polite or formal language. This is specifically designed to reduce ambiguity in the communication of opinions and instructions and produce a higher-order output that is definitive in the organization's position at any given point in time. The uncomfortable truth is that, by taking a definitive position, the artifact becomes critical material for aiding a retrospective assessment of the organization's judgements and instructions to determine, if at all, “what did we get wrong?”. If this makes you unsettled, you should take this second opportunity to exit here → 🚪.
If you are still here you are on a good path! It is our commitment to help any motivated business operator to consider, respond and navigate their way through change. Stick around and we will help each other compete, grow and survive.
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