Challenging common assumptions

We work where complexity exists. We're built for it. Giving us insight we can share.

Cornerstones of how we work

Expertise built for complex situations

Put directly, we're unusual because we focus on market positioning and enabling your business; you, your teams and functions to own the execution, making it part of your business as usual.

Unearthing what others can't

We challenge your thinking and unearth what others and AI haven't; evolving how you position, enable your business, and talk to your market.

Engaging & activating senior leaders

Our projects actively engage senior business, sales and marketing leaders from the outset while being respectful of their precious time. This better equips all parts of your business for rapid go-to-market success.

Building from the market's perspective

Our focus is engineering your positioning around what investors, the market and customers value most; maximising your relevance and investor confidence so your business realises the value it deserves.

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The Strategic Value Gap

The Strategic Value Gap is the difference between a business's current strategic potential value and the degree to which that potential is understood by customers, investors, acquirers and employees; whose decisions influence its future.

The ability to see and understand how to bridge the strategic value gap unlocks exponential growth and value; ultimately enabling a business to deliver on its vision and strategy; growing revenue in the strategic way needed and raising the perception of its strategic value as a partner, an investment or an acquisition.

We believe our expertise sits in understanding what could cause or has caused the gap and how we can help leaders to minimise it or close it.

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If you would like a copy of the full report please email mark@thecraft.co.uk

Reports

Positioning for the next phase of growth

Every successful business eventually outgrows what made it successful. This Paper presents a case for why leaders must be confident in developing the future market position of their business; to enable next phase growth.

How leaders restore coherence to improve performance

Most businesses don't become less capable as they grow. They become less coherent. This paper presents the case for why strategic coherence is the responsibility of the leadership and what they can do about it.

Building a business that the market wants to buy

Most business leaders spend years building a successful company and only months preparing it for sale. This paper presents a case for why market positioning should be considered years before an exit.

Videos

What is The Craft? An elevator introduction.

What is The Craft? An elevator introduction.

Proving we can do it for ourselves; here’s a short intro into what we are, what we do and how we help businesses.

Why work with a market positioning specialist.

Why work with a market positioning specialist.

Brand strategists and communication specialists bring positioning to life. The business leaders determine it.

Why a businesses market positioning has to evolve.

Why a businesses market positioning has to evolve.

Organisations grow, they develop new strengths, new capabilities and ways to solve customer problems. Fuelling the next phase of growth and change in market positioning.

Articles

Seven signals it's time to evolve your business

Businesses rarely stand still. Markets change, customers change. Leaders must recognise when its time to evolve. Read to find out more, what the seven signals are that signify the time to evolve the business.

Every business we work with is different, each leadership team we collaborate with is unique. What we provide is the robust and proven process that enables decisions to be made, action to be taken, and makes the future seem more certain.

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