Experienced managers know it's true:
Most strategic plans don't age well.
Faced with ever-changing unknowns, all that preparation can fast come to seem obsolete, and the time invested, well, less than well spent.
The good news?
The right growth framework lasts forever.
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Framework is a boutique growth consultancy for companies and teams, founded by a former Boston Consulting Group consultant and a leading agile/innovation coach.
Our founding belief is that great companies have one thing in common: the ability to learn—and achieve product-market fit—faster than the competition.
Framework advisors help clients build sustainable competitive advantage through a "teach-to-fish" approach that helps growing companies embed proven techniques for scaling up, while turning themselves into high-speed learning machines.
Recent years have seen an understandable surge of interest in one-page strategic plans.
Few companies have the time to create a 50-page strategy, let alone use it as a guide to day-to-day decision-making.
A one-page plan, such as the Business Model Canvas or Verne Harnish's One-Page Strategic Plan, can pull together key elements of business strategy in a single view that any team member can understand.
The problem? Most lack a clear visual logic, making it hard to understand which elements are interdependent—let alone an easy way to update with new learnings.
The solution? Stop thinking "plan".
Think "framework".
Like any tool, the One-Page Growth framework is not a substitute for the hard work of figuring out how to leverage your unfair edge into sustainable growth.
It's just a handy device for making that figuring a little easier, both to start and to maintain.
The OGF template brings together the key strategic information your team needs to execute and learn effectively, in a logical, visually-compelling, and easily-updatable format.
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Who We Are.
Framework's intersectional delivery model blends the domain expertise of seasoned advisors and entrepreneurs experienced in multiple industries with methodologies developed by top consultancies and breakout Silicon Valley firms.
Partner
Stephen began his business career with The Boston Consulting Group, serving Fortune 500 and global equivalent firms before becoming Vice President of Corporate Development for TMX Group (when its value increased over 400%), then co-founding and running of an edtech startup which attracted over a million users and won several industry awards.
He leveraged this executive experience into a return to consulting with the Business Development Bank of Canada's Growth Driver Program for High-Impact Firms, Framework, and Rimrock Advisory Boards.
Stephen holds a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge, a Joint Honours BA in Economics and Political Science from McGill, and the Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA) designation, the global standard for ethical and advisory practice in serving business families.
He has taught at Harvard and Cambridge, and is co-author (with Karissa Price) of the forthcoming Why Is a Verb: How to Find Purpose in Virtually Any Job (2023).
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Partner
Over three decades advising large enterprises, VC/startups and senior executives/CEOs, Peter has established a stellar reputation as a sought-after change management consultant, innovation driver, and coach.
His international clientele has included blue chip US firms such as Cisco and Target, Big 5 Canadian banks, public sector entities and others. His engagements range from operational reconfigurations to wholesale cultural transformation to leadership skill development.
Peter has emerged as a thought leader in the practical application of Lean/Agile techniques— business learning in small increments—that lie at the core of 21st century value creation. In addition to mentoring incubators and startups, he has developed and delivered training materials for the Queen’s School of Business and Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).
His certifications as an Agile Certified Practitioner by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Yellow Belt by the Disciplined Agile Consortium are complemented by his designation as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) by the gold-standard International Coaching Federation and Co-Active Coach by the Co-Active Training Institute.
Peter holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.
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Assess & Design
Prioritize key hypotheses & develop testing strategies, built around the principles of our One-Page Growth Framework (TM).
Execute & Measure
Support execution with a specific focus on tracking results.
Learn & Hand-off
Complete learning loops with a view to embedding them as self-sustaining processes.
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