Centre for Strategic Business Design
Supporting smart organizations transform insights into action
PACTS
facilitates
a
simpler, better, faster way of work.
PACTS is a business innovation and design consultancy that offers a
smart approach to strategy
design, execution and value creation for
organizational fitness through
its Valuematrix and Strengthsbuilder
applications.
PACTS
and its associates
conduct
SWOT360 business assessments, future trend analysis,,
environmental scans, solution framing and next practice business
design.
Our
action based
approach is integrated with organizational performance tracking,
collaboration and visual communications to evolve and rapidly prototype
ideas, make strategic
decisions
and then manage for results.
PACTS provides
workshops and
certified
training drawing on the latest business design and strategic thinking
practices. It is
supported
by a
broad
range of user success stories and
case studies.
Our applications and services have been deployed at large enterprise to support Centres of Excellence and at leading consulting firms, business schools and innovation centres. SME businesses, startups and entrepeneurs can fast track and manage their business design and execution process with the NEXT Business Accelerator Toolkit.
NEXT: Accelerating your business
idea to comercialization
Decisions - hands on
PACTS has incubated he web-based openaxyz toolset, a new strategic decision support tool. Applying AXYZlogic, it provides direct access via your PC, tablet or mobile to make strategic business decisions 'on the road' in real time. Contact us for a proof of concept, demo or for further information: manie@pacts.info

NEXT Business Accelerator Toolkit
NEXT
creates next step solutions to entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs to drive
their business ventures to success.
Game changing events requires the stimulation of new thinking to achieve Insight. Opening up possibilities and creating new sources of value and performance will result in Innovation. Accelerators are required to develop Agility in execution capability to turn ideas into action with speed and flexibility. Finally, the execution of strategic objectives must be enduring and Sustainable.
NEXT integrates the key business solutions essential to strategize, prototype, map, excute and measure progress in one package. The NEXT Toolkit employs rapid prototyping and visual thinking techniques for innovation and action based deployment across organizational boundaries.

Consulting
PACTS business strategy consultancy focus on reinforcing the link between strategy and capability in organizations. PACTS believes that a connected business is able to achieve its goals and deliver stakeholder value. These connections may be internal – linking strategy to organisation and people, and external - linking the brand promise to customers and stakeholders.
Sculpted by decades of experience we apply our proprietary tools and know-how in the real world of constant change. PACTS collaborates closely and accountably with associates and clients.
Facilitation
Accredited PACTS facilitators apply the methods and toolsets to shape and guide strategy and leadership sessions and move them to the next level - ready for implementation.

Applications
PACTS offers a variety of applications to clients and associates to support strategic decision-making armed with the right facts and figures. Method cards and print material support workshops and training sessions. We provide training and set-up coaching in the use of our applications and toolkits.
Toolkits
PACTS print materials and web-based toolkits offer a synthesized view of disparate information sources, business and market analytics. The action based approach is integrated with organizational performance tracking, collaboration and visual communications to evolve and rapidly prototype ideas, make strategic choices and then manage for results.
“It was indeed a privilege to work on such a revolutionary technology.” Barclays Executive

Workshops
Apply the PACTS tools and methods to solve business challenges in half to two day workshops:
· Strategic conversations and leadership
· Business modelling and design
· Ideation and rapid prototyping
We integrate Team Building and Executive Coaching exercises with the SWOT360, STRATEX, openaxyz and NEXT methods and toolsets.
Training
PACTS Executive & Leadership Development have been offered in partnership with associates, leading business schools and corporate academies.
Participants work hands-on with the toolsets to generate reports, action plans and structured roadmaps for direct implementation. Training can be customized for in-house programs.
Leadership by design
‘Leadership
by design is the task of continuously adapting your business with an eye to
creating advances in innovation, performance and organizational health -
combining these in a way that produces the most powerful gains during the
competitive advantage period.’
The challenge for today's business is the need for an integrated, holistic view to achieve successful visioning, transformation, planning and execution, which accommodates not only organizational requirements, but also satisfies diverse stakeholders.
Design thinking has emerged as the premier organizational path not only for breakthrough innovation but, surprisingly, to achieve high-performance collaboration, as well.
"This whole (design) experience demonstrated a new way of thinking that I can apply directly in my work as innovation consultant." Technology Innovation Strategy Consultant, Retail BankGiving back
PACTS carefully selects initiatives where a real difference can be made through sharing our knowledge and tools with individuals and communities who would not ordinarily have access.
We have supported PATH's Midwives initiatives in South Africa, as well as the women's programmes of the J&J Development Trust, an intiative spearheaded by Mr. Jay Naidoo, the chairman of the UN's Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
openaxyz™, AXYZlogic™, NEXT™ and SWOT360™ are copyrighted and registered trademarks of PACTS Personal and Cultural Transformations Inc.

