Chapter 247

Strategic Planning Frameworks

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The Strategy Synthesizer

```text "Apply multiple strategic frameworks to [business situation]:

1. SWOT-TOWS MATRIX - Strengths (internal, positive) - Weaknesses (internal, negative) - Opportunities (external, positive) - Threats (external, negative) - SO strategies (use strengths for opportunities) - WO strategies (overcome weaknesses for opportunities) - ST strategies (use strengths to avoid threats) - WT strategies (minimize weaknesses and avoid threats)

2. PORTER'S FIVE FORCES - Supplier power (with mitigation) - Buyer power (with strategies) - Competitive rivalry (positioning) - Threat of substitution (differentiation) - Threat of new entry (barriers)

3. BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY - Eliminate (industry assumptions) - Reduce (overserved features) - Raise (underserved needs) - Create (new value propositions)

4. JOBS-TO-BE-DONE - Core functional job - Emotional jobs - Social jobs - Related jobs - Job map analysis

5. OKR FRAMEWORK - Objectives (inspirational, qualitative) - Key Results (measurable, time-bound) - Initiatives (specific actions) - Dependencies (cross-functional)

Synthesize into coherent strategic direction." ```text