Centre for Strategic Business Design
PACTS is a business innovation and management consultancy that offers a fresh approach to knowledge-value creation for organizational fitness and sustainablity. PACTS strategic business design solutions include business research and modelling, rapid prototyping and implementation of next practice business planning, collaboration and performance management. Clients value us for facilitating originality and insight.
STRATEX - The five step ‘business by design’ process integrates environmental scans, scenario planning, trends and gap analysis with rapid business prototyping with strategy execution roadmaps.
SWOT360 - Cross referenced internal and external environmental scans to identify accelerators and address roadblocks and steer a course to 'best possible outcomes'.
AXYZlogic - Frame and logically visualize key business decision points to create a value matrix for the rapid design and prototyping of business plans, and the execution of strategy.
openaxyz - A web-based strategy mapping and collaboration tool which provides hands-on access to business processes, performance indicators and overall strategy execution.
Strengthsbuilder - builds strengths and minimizes and manages weaknesses. It optimizes effort to achieve a high impact and an accelerated path to personal development and team leadership.
PACTS offers association 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.
PACTS solutions have been deployed at business ventures, and at large enterprise to support Centres of Excellence and at leading consulting firms, business schools and innovation centres. Small and medium enterprise, startups and entrepreneurs can fast track and manage their business design and strategy execution process with the NEXTventures™ Business Accelerator Toolkit.
openaxyz
PACTS has incubated the web-based openaxyz™ toolset, a new strategic thinking, mapping and decision support tool. Applying its proprietary 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
NEXTventures Business Accelerator Toolkit
NEXTventures™
creates next step solutions to entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs to drive
their business ventures to success. It accelerates and sustains business at its
critical research and development, innovation, prototyping, commercialization
and growth lifecycle stages.
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.
NEXTventures integrates the key business solutions essential to strategize, prototype, map, excute and measure progress in one package. The NEXTventures 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 execution 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 when you arrive back at the office desk.
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.
Its action based approach is integrated with strategy mapping, 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 day up to five day customized workshops:
· Strategic conversations and leadership
· Business modelling, design and planning
· Ideation and rapid prototyping
We integrate Team Building and Executive Coaching exercises with the STRATEX, SWOT360, openaxyz, Strengthsbuilder and NEXTventures methods and toolsets.
Training
PACTS Executive & Leadership Development is 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).
STRATEX, SWOT360™, AXYZlogic™, openaxyz™, Strengthsbuilder™ and NEXTventures™ are copyrighted and registered trademarks of PACTS Personal and Cultural Transformations Inc.
