INSIGHTS

Ideas for seeing the business differently.

Perspectives on strategy, opportunity, clarity and building better businesses — written to help you pause, question the obvious, and make stronger decisions.

From the Catalyst Desk

Business strategy planning editorial
FEATURED INSIGHT

Strategy Is Not a Plan. It Is a Choice.

A plan describes activity. Strategy determines what the business will choose, what it will not choose, and where it will concentrate its effort.
Business diagnosis and investigation
FEATURED INSIGHT

Before You Fix the Business, Diagnose It

The visible problem is not always the real problem. Good decisions begin by separating symptoms from root causes.
Observation and opportunity in an urban market
FEATURED INSIGHT

Opportunity Is Not Luck. It Can Be Designed.

Opportunity becomes more discoverable when businesses systematically observe customers, constraints, unmet needs and changing conditions.
Businesswoman thinking and working in a naturally lit office
FEATURED INSIGHT

Your Business Doesn’t Have a Growth Problem. It Has a Clarity Problem.

Growth is often treated as the goal. Clarity helps determine what growth should actually mean for the business.

The wider library

More strategic essays are being developed around clarity, growth, execution, positioning, priorities and opportunity. The Catalyst editorial library will grow from these core ideas.