Ohmae’s 3C’s Model: The Strategic Triangle
Emphasizes the balanced integration of Company, Customer, and Competitor for strategic decisions, avoiding a singular focus.
Business Framework
Business success rarely happens by accident. It is the result of deliberate planning, strategic positioning, and efficient execution. Whether you are launching a startup, scaling an enterprise, or optimizing a specific department, you need a roadmap to navigate complexity.
The frameworks in this section serve as your strategic toolkit. They are designed to help leaders and entrepreneurs move beyond intuition and make evidence-based decisions. We break down business logic into three essential layers:
- Strategic Planning: Defining your vision, analyzing market position, and setting long-term direction.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlining workflows and resource allocation to improve daily performance.
- Innovation & Growth: Identifying new opportunities and managing the risks of expansion.
Explore these models to diagnose organizational health, uncover competitive advantages, and build a sustainable path forward.
30 frameworks
9 Key Forces of Mobile Technology Reshape Customer Behavior
Understand how context, location, and environment shape mobile customer decisions.
TAM-SAM-SOM Analysis: A Guide to Effective Market Segmentation
Enhance your market segmentation and marketing strategy
VRIO Framework: The Litmus Test for Competitive Advantage
Evaluate whether your resources create real, defensible competitive advantage.
SCAMPER Method: A Toolkit for Creative Problem Solving
Generate new ideas by systematically remixing existing products, processes, and assumptions.
ICARE Model: A Framework for Exceptional Customer Service
Build a service culture that turns everyday interactions into lasting customer loyalty.
Business Model Canvas: Visualizing Your Business Logic
Visualize how your business creates, delivers, and captures value on a single page.
PESTEL Analysis: Strategic Planning Framework for Risk and Environment
Scan political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal forces to reduce strategic blind spots.
Essential Finance Concepts: The 5 Pillars of Business Logic
Understand core financial logic to make commercially sound business decisions.
PEST Analysis: The Wide-Angle Lens for Strategy
Scan political, economic, social, and technological forces to spot macro risks and opportunities early.
Outcome-Based Roadmap: Focusing on Value, Not Features
Align your team around the right goals, ensure that you’re always working toward meaningful outcomes that matter.
Porter’s Five Forces: Mastering Competitive Dynamics
Analyze industry competition beyond direct rivals to uncover structural profit drivers.
SWOT Analysis: From List-Making to Strategy
Evaluate internal strengths and weaknesses against external opportunities and threats to identify real strategic choices.
Finance Transformation Priority Matrix: Essential, Important, Valuable
Prioritize finance transformation work without burning out your team.
Business Framework FAQ
How can I visualize my entire business model on one page?
Complex business plans are often too long to be practical. Visual frameworks allow you to map out valid connections between your value proposition, customer segments, revenue streams, and costs on a single sheet. This helps you spot gaps in your logic and pivot quickly before investing too much capital.
What is the best way to analyze the competition?
Analyzing competition goes beyond comparing prices. Robust frameworks help you evaluate the intensity of market rivalry, the threat of new entrants, and the power of suppliers. By understanding these external forces, you can find a niche where competition is weaker, rather than fighting a losing battle in a saturated market.
How do I generate innovative ideas for my business?
Innovation isn't just about waiting for inspiration. There are systematic methods that force you to challenge the status quo—for example, by deliberately asking if you can combine existing features, eliminate unnecessary steps, or adapt a concept from a completely different industry.
When should I pivot my strategy?
You should consider a strategic pivot when your fundamental assumptions about the market are proven wrong. Strategic tools help you validate these assumptions early. If the problem you are solving isn't urgent enough, or the market size is smaller than expected, a structured analysis will reveal the need to change direction.
