Sophisticated practitioners employ advanced techniques for maximum value capture:
Vulnerability Portfolio Theory
Diversify across multiple vulnerabilities with different trigger timelines and solution requirements.
Daniel tracked vulnerabilities across: - Short-term (0-6 months): Operational vulnerabilities - Medium-term (6-18 months): Strategic vulnerabilities - Long-term (18+ months): Structural vulnerabilities
This portfolio approach ensured steady opportunity flow.
Cascade Vulnerability Mapping
Identify how one vulnerability triggering creates others, positioning for multiple value captures.
When Elizabeth mapped retail vulnerabilities, she saw cascades: - Store closures would stress commercial real estate - Real estate stress would impact regional banks - Bank stress would restrict small business credit - Credit restriction would accelerate digital adoption
She built solutions for each cascade stage.
Denial Network Effects
Understand how denial spreads through networks and position where it will break first.
Industries often share denial through associations, conferences, and leadership networks. William identified network peripheries where denial was weakest and solutions would be adopted first, then spread inward.