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Strategy
Join the elite ranks of sustained value creators
In an era of disruption, strategy is more important than ever. We offer creative solutions that have helped thousands of companies across all geographies and sectors develop and execute winning strategies. We’ve been a strategy thought leader for nearly five decades, and we bring unrivaled capabilities, tools, technologies, and talent to every engagement, augmented by an ecosystem of best-of-breed partners that provide specialized expertise. Our strategy consultants will help you mobilize for change, navigate uncertainty, and flex as needed, so you achieve sustained, profitable growth—a feat only 1 in 11 companies manages to pull off.
Our Approach to Strategy
Our Approach to Strategy
We team with you to focus on exactly what is required to seize an identified opportunity, complete with real-world pilots and quick test-and-learn iteration. The result: a battle-tested, scalable plan in far less time than you thought possible. Our proven approach is founded on five core beliefs about strategy:
Begin with business definition
Define your business too broadly and you risk competing where you can’t win; define it too narrowly and you’ll miss out on profit, scale, and other critical forms of leverage. Business definitions evolve, and they are more likely to be discovered than defined. But they depend on understanding the limits on cost, capability, and customer sharing between products and market segments.
Fight for leadership economics
In most markets, the top two or three players capture all the economic value. If there is a path to leadership, you must take it. If there isn’t, you must exploit or change the rules of the game and become a disruptor. And remember this paradox: the stronger your position, the more likely you are to be operating below your full potential.
Profit pools don’t stand still
A good strategy starts by mapping the current industry profit pool and modeling plausible scenarios for how it may evolve, including the impact of economic uncertainty, global conflict, climate change, and AI. Then construct a portfolio of “no regrets” moves that make sense under any scenario, and identify a handful of bets that will pay off significantly or moderately depending on how the future unfolds.
Focus on the customer
Companies that maniacally focus on building loyalty with their best customers thrive. Like profit pools, customers don’t stand still: You need to continually analyze who they are, what and why they buy from you, and what it will take to get them to buy more. That means investing in the culture, routines, and technology that keep you customer centric as you scale.
Make things happen
Intellectually elegant strategies that can’t be executed won’t lead to value creation. Don’t just ask, “Where are the greatest opportunities for profitable growth?” You must also ask, “How can our company pursue these opportunities efficiently, effectively, and repeatably?” We can help you do just that.
How We Can Help
How We Can Help
Corporate Strategy
Charting the right course to sustained value creation
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Business Strategy
Win today and in the future
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Create new products and businesses, from seed to scale.
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Our Strategy Consulting Experience & Impact
Our Strategy Consulting Experience & Impact
24%
In 2019, measured in terms of capability, 24% of Bain’s revenue came from strategy work
50%
Average gross return multiple (MOIC) is ~50% higher than industry average (2.8 vs. 1.9) when Bain is involved with strategy work for PE clients’ holding companies
