Joanne can assist with:

Creating a clear vision for the future that helps to guide the choices and trade-offs that a business faces in developing and evolving its strategies;

Generating strategic insights and assessing risk through understanding industry dynamics, focusing on business value drivers and posing “what if” scenarios;

Placing customer needs centre-stage in strategy development as the unmet needs of different customer segments present opportunities (and conversely, can be the source of potential competitive threats);

Developing new business models that help to achieve sustainable competitive advantage through finding creative ways of doing business/new positions in the value chain that are distinctive;

Exploring future trends, innovation and technological change and their potential to create new solutions for customers and/or transform operating economics;

Contributing lessons from wide industry experience. Similar issues have often been confronted by companies in very different industries and markets. Joanne has advised businesses in more than 20 sectors across New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Africa.