Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) explains why growth is not the same as value - and how companies can use CLV to steer towards sustainable cash flows, lower risk, and higher valuations.
As the company grew, it began to hit strategic and operational limits: a solid, medium-term roadmap was missing. Decisions were often based on experience and instinct. To reach the next level - internationalisation, market penetration, preparation for a Series B - more structure, focus, and steerability had to be brought into the organisation.
Products miss the mark, communication remains generic, value propositions feel interchangeable. The Value Proposition Canvas is not just a tool for structuring - it is a mirror for strategic clarity and cultural maturity.
Developing a corporate strategy is considered the supreme discipline of business management. Yet too often it remains a document for leadership bodies - rather than becoming a collective movement. The most common reason: the organisation is brought in too late, or not at all.
Disruptive innovations threaten existing business models - not because they are better, but because they think differently. They shift the rules of the game and force organisations into strategic repositioning.
Organisational structure directly influences whether strategies become reality. It determines speed, clarity, accountability - and ultimately the difference between success and stagnation.
Portfolio management means allocating company resources - capital, capacity, attention - not to the loudest project, but to the most impactful initiative. It is about far more than project lists and budget discussions.
In an era of permanent transformation, it is no longer sufficient to merely manage change - it must be shaped strategically within the framework of professional change management. Change management provides the methodological foundation for implementing change in a structured and deliberate manner.
An AI Enablement PMO forms the central nervous system for the structured introduction and scaling of AI within the enterprise.
This white paper uses the example of the Elia Group to show how the value contribution of early digital innovations can be assessed in a transparent and comprehensible manner.
This guide shows you how to develop a successful data strategy that functions not merely as a technical add-on but as a strategic driver of your company's success.
Improving cost efficiency in a lasting way without putting innovation capacity and growth at risk is of great importance for companies today. In this article, we examine how companies can optimise costs with agility and thereby improve their EBIT margin.
A strong corporate mission statement creates clarity, inspires employees, and strengthens your brand. Discover how vision, mission, and values are defined, what challenges arise, and how an authentic mission statement is successfully put into practice.
Discover how successful companies implement business transformation: strategies, best practices, and valuable insights for lasting change.
The Target Operating Model (TOM) describes the target picture of how a company should be organised and operated in order to achieve its strategic goals.
We show how an effective connection between strategy, structure, and culture helps not only to reach planned goals, but to exceed them.
Are you ready to take your innovation strategies to the next level? Our upcoming workshop "People and Strategy: Success Factors for Measurable Innovation Execution" offers you exactly the tools and insights you need.
Explore the critical strategy-performance gap in modern businesses. Learn about five key drivers affecting strategy execution, including clarity, communication, leadership, resource allocation, and performance measurement. Discover an integral approach to bridging this gap and improving organizational success.
As part of the extensive transformation at Elia, scaleon supported the development of QBR as a strategic management instrument and accompanied the roll-out across the product clusters. scaleon worked both conceptually on the design of the system and hands-on in supporting the teams in its application.
Following the definition of the strategy, scaleon developed a comprehensive OKR approach to define goals transparently and align them across the entire function. scaleon supported the company over a period of 18 months to achieve genuine embedding of OKRs in the management culture of the division.
An established financial services company needed to increase results transparency and operational speed as part of its transformation strategy. scaleon implemented Objectives and Key Results as a goal-setting system with more than 200 executives and employees across all business units.d
A fast-scaling SaaS company sought support in developing its long-term growth strategy. The scaleon team conducted a comprehensive co-creation process with the company's team to define a clear growth roadmap and a quantified business case.
With over a century of experience providing comprehensive insurance solutions for the logistics industry, the SCHUNCK Group now stands at the threshold of far-reaching digital and cultural innovation. These developments and business models are central drivers of the growth ahead.
A growth fund wanted to evaluate opportunities and risks prior to investing in a real estate technology company. scaleon conducted a due diligence study during which all aspects of the company were examined, including market opportunities, the business model, and the scaling strategy.
ractice confirms it: OKRs are and remain a highly relevant management instrument. A study by scaleon, a strategy consultancy with many years of OKR experience, and Mooncamp, the leading strategy operating system for OKRs, shows that the large majority of decision-makers from companies with OKR experience indicate
Consultancies that respond particularly well to the needs of their customers receive this award. The best consultancies are selected based on the ratings of their customers, which are checked for objectivity by the committee.
John F. Kennedy has (not fully precise) claimed the Chinese word for “crisis” contains two characters – one for danger and one for opportunity. Albeit not fully correct, there is a lot of truth in this. There is a lot of wisdom to that but in times of crisis often myopia and fear prevail. But successful CEOs do not lose sight of the opportunities looming after the crisis.
Economy has always been a constantly changing mindset executed under a certain regulatory framework. However, over the past 20 years transformation cycles sped up tremendously. The main driver is a steady but volatile globalization process, which is increasingly based on network structures and digital connectivity.
In today's globally networked economy, companies of all sizes are increasingly required to implement agile business models in order to meet dynamic market conditions. Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) offer a structured method for regularly reviewing and adjusting the strategic direction of a company. In combination with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), QBRs can bridge the gap between long-term strategy and short-term operational business by providing a clear and structured approach. This enables companies to optimise their strategy implementation and adapt quickly to change.
Both on a global scale and at regional and national level, the economic conditions in numerous industries, sectors, and markets have already changed significantly, and there is no end to these dynamic developments in sight.
The Mittelstand is the backbone of the German economy. This is a statement one hears and reads time and again from representatives of business and politics. And indeed, the current figures on economic output published by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) at the start of 2022 confirm this:
Are you interested in a career in strategy consulting? We can highly recommend it: a steep learning curve, a great team, valuable contacts, and above-average pay. But many applicants fail to convince top consultancies because they cannot solve the case study in the interview or communicate their results convincingly. In our Insight Event together with Axelerate Consulting, we will introduce you to a straightforward method for approaching any problem, cracking the business case, and presenting your results convincingly.
OKRs, short for “Objectives and Key Results” are a strategic management framework, used to translate an organization’s strategy into short-term, measurable goals. The core principle behind OKRs is that “goals should lead people” in contrast to “managers should lead people”.
Prof. Dr. Klaus Möller and I contributed an article to the book „Connected Business”. The book is edited by Prof. Dr. Oliver Gassmann and Fabrizio Ferrandina and addresses questions around how to create and capture business value in the networked economy.
What goals, ball exchanges, and won tackles are in football, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are in the business world. They indicate how the organisation is performing, reveal opportunities, and signal the need for a change of direction. Anyone who wants to use KPIs to measure progress toward corporate goals works best with a strategic KPI framework.
What makes a corporate strategy fit for the future? And which approaches to strategy development actually work in today's competitive environment? This article addresses both questions and shows how agile strategy development can be embedded continuously into day-to-day management.
Many tech companies already rely on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), as they are versatile and can enrich the strategic management framework of an organisation. In a conversation with scaleon Founding Partner Stefan Benndorf, Mooncamp Co-Founder Daniel Breucker shares what matters when using OKRs and how important a good OKR tool is.
Most organizations possess an often-underutilized asset – a large amount of data, which they generate themselves or have access to.
The environment of most companies is becoming faster, more dynamic, and more complex. The most important areas of action for mid-sized companies are strategic
There are good reasons why successful companies around the world use OKRs. The framework originated in Silicon Valley, where tech firms like Google and Intel use it to move and adapt quickly in fast-changing markets.
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