2 – Strategic Analysis of Markets and Competitors

This is the first of 3 videos on External Analysis and covers how to do a strategic analysis of Macro Trends, Markets and Competitors.

We will look at Macro Trends by applying a PESTEL Analysis. We will use several techniques to analyze in detail market and competitors, including a customized questionnaire that will give you insights into your reputation and that of competitors’, your Net Promoter Score (NPS) and that of competitors’, what can differentiate your products and increase your customers’ Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) for your products or services.

This is the first of 3 videos on External Analysis and covers how to do a strategic analysis of Macro Trends, Markets and Competitors.
How well do you really know your customers?  How about those that are not your customers and could be?  How about your competitors?  The strategy4Action Framework has a very detailed toolset for this and can help you refresh or create a top-level monitoring system for your market.

The full video of former Pepsico CEO, Indra Nooyi talking about how she started the company transformation with a forward scan of the market can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlP6AdQWbSg

The full video of Dell CEO, Michael Dell talking customer needs, and how to look at opportunities differently by imagining the future, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8llmJ-1YqUI

The full video of the former Procter & Gamble CEO, A.G. Lafley, talking about how he transformed a $500 million business into a $2.5 Billion one by doing a careful analysis of the market, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlurK3LeTpg

the full video of former Dunkin Donuts CEO, Robert Rosenberg explaining how he grew the franchise to 6,500 location and the importance that measuring the market and consumers with consumer goods’ accumen had on it, can be found here: https://www.cxotalk.com/bio/robert-rosenberg-former-ceo-dunkin-donuts-baskin-robbins

Learn more about the whole Strategy4Action framework here: https://strategy4action.com/about-strategy4action/