Unchallenged assumptions
Strategies frequently depend on things being true that have never actually been tested.
Independent strategy diagnostics
You have a strategy.Do you know if it will work?
StratChecks independently tests your strategy, challenges the assumptions behind it and assesses whether your organisation is ready to execute.
Fixed price · Confidential · Independent · No sales call required
StratChecks diagnosticIllustrative example
StratCheck Score
0/ 100
Strategically sound
Strategy Quality0
Strategic Fit0
Execution Readiness0
Assumption Confidence
0
Assessment Confidence
0%
StratGap
0
Material assumptions
0
Assumption register
- Critical2
- High3
- Moderate2
The problem
Most strategies aren't short of ambition.
They're short of challenge.
False alignment
A coherent presentation can hide contradictory priorities, unclear choices and competing demands.
Execution gaps
A good strategy can still fail when the organisation isn't configured to deliver it.
StratChecks is designed to find all three.
Our proposition
We don't just review the strategy.
We test the thinking behind it.
StratChecks applies a structured, evidence-led diagnostic methodology to identify strengths, gaps, contradictions, assumptions, execution risks and the decisions leadership needs to make.
If we can't evidence the finding, we don't make the finding.
Methodology
Score → Challenge → Validate → Decide → Act
01
Score
Assess the strategy against a structured diagnostic framework.
02
Challenge
Identify gaps, contradictions and weak strategic choices.
03
Validate
Surface and test the assumptions on which success depends.
04
Decide
Identify the decisions leadership needs to make.
05
Act
Prioritise what should happen Now, Next and Later.
From strategy document to decision-ready diagnosis.
The framework
10 dimensions. 50 diagnostic tests. One independent view.
Our diagnostic tests are proprietary and are not published in full. The dimensions they assess are set out below.
- 01Direction & Ambition
- 02Diagnosis & Evidence
- 03Strategic Choices
- 04Coherence
- 05External Fit
- 06Organisational Fit
- 07Value & Outcomes
- 08Operating Model Alignment
- 09Capability & Enablement
- 10Mobilisation & Delivery
Assumption Confidence
What is your strategy betting on?
Every strategy contains assumptions. Some are explicit. Many aren't.
StratChecks identifies the material assumptions your strategy depends on, assesses the evidence supporting them and highlights what happens if they are wrong.
Assumption 07Illustrative example
“Specialist capability can be recruited within 12 months.”
Confidence
2 / 5
Materiality
5 / 5
Assumption risk
15 / 25
Recommended action
Validate before mobilisation
StratGap
A good strategy doesn't mean you're ready to execute it.
StratGap identifies where the ambition and quality of your strategy exceeds your organisation's current ability to deliver it.
Strategy quality vs execution readinessIllustrative example
Strategy quality
0
Execution readiness
0
StratGap
0
The distance between what the strategy demands and what the organisation is currently configured to deliver.
Pricing
Choose how hard you want us to test your strategy.
Strategy Check
Is your strategy fundamentally sound?
£495
Fixed price, excluding VAT where applicable.
Best for leaders who want an independent assessment of strategy quality.
Includes
- Direction & Ambition
- Diagnosis & Evidence
- Strategic Choices
- Coherence
- Strategy Quality Score
- Assumption identification
- Strategic Red Flags
- Priority actions
- 10–15 page report
- Delivered within 5 working days
Strategy Stress Test
Most popularWill your strategy stand up to challenge?
£1,250
Fixed price, excluding VAT where applicable.
Best for leadership teams facing board, investor or shareholder scrutiny of the strategy.
Everything in Strategy Check, plus
- External Fit
- Organisational Fit
- Value & Outcomes
- Independent external research
- Assumption Confidence
- Leadership Decision Agenda
- 20–30 page executive report
- 60-minute executive challenge session
- Delivered within 7 working days
Strategy-to-Execution Check
Can your organisation actually deliver it?
£2,950
Fixed price, excluding VAT where applicable.
Best for organisations moving from strategy approval into mobilisation and delivery.
Everything above, plus
- All 10 diagnostic dimensions
- Full 50-point assessment
- Operating Model Alignment
- Capability & Enablement
- Mobilisation & Delivery
- Execution Readiness Score
- StratGap
- Execution heatmap
- 90-day priorities
- 30–40 page executive report
- 90-minute executive playback
- Delivered within 10 working days
Compare
What's included at each level
Strategy Check
£495- Strategy Quality
- Included
- External Fit
- Not included
- Organisational Fit
- Not included
- Execution Readiness
- Not included
- Assumption Identification
- Included
- Assumption Confidence
- Not included
- External Research
- Not included
- Strategic Red Flags
- Included
- Leadership Decision Agenda
- Not included
- StratGap
- Not included
- 90-Day Priorities
- Not included
- Executive Session
- —
- Report Length
- 10–15 pages
- Delivery Time
- 5 working days
Strategy Stress Test
£1,250- Strategy Quality
- Included
- External Fit
- Included
- Organisational Fit
- Included
- Execution Readiness
- Not included
- Assumption Identification
- Included
- Assumption Confidence
- Included
- External Research
- Included
- Strategic Red Flags
- Included
- Leadership Decision Agenda
- Included
- StratGap
- Not included
- 90-Day Priorities
- Not included
- Executive Session
- 60 minutes
- Report Length
- 20–30 pages
- Delivery Time
- 7 working days
Strategy-to-Execution Check
£2,950- Strategy Quality
- Included
- External Fit
- Included
- Organisational Fit
- Included
- Execution Readiness
- Included
- Assumption Identification
- Included
- Assumption Confidence
- Included
- External Research
- Included
- Strategic Red Flags
- Included
- Leadership Decision Agenda
- Included
- StratGap
- Included
- 90-Day Priorities
- Included
- Executive Session
- 90 minutes
- Report Length
- 30–40 pages
- Delivery Time
- 10 working days
How it works
From strategy to independent diagnosis in four steps.
- 01
Choose
Select the level of challenge you need.
- 02
Upload
Securely provide your strategy and relevant supporting documents.
- 03
We test
StratChecks applies its evidence-led methodology and quality-control process.
- 04
Receive
Receive your diagnostic report, scores, assumptions, risks, decisions and priority actions.
No discovery calls. No lengthy consulting engagement. No open-ended fees.
Trust & confidentiality
Your strategy is sensitive. We treat it that way.
Our confidentiality, retention, deletion and processing commitments are being finalised alongside our hosting, storage and processing arrangements. We publish only what we can stand behind.
- Secure document handling
- Confidentiality of submitted material
- Document retention and deletion
- Lawful basis and data processing
- Third-party processors
- UK GDPR compliance
- How AI is used in the assessment
- Whether data is used for model training
Editable placeholderFinal wording for each item above will be confirmed once infrastructure and processors are agreed. We make no security claims we cannot evidence.
Technology
Technology-enabled. Expert-controlled.
StratChecks combines structured analysis, independent research and advanced AI with rigorous assessment rules and human quality assurance.
AI accelerates the analysis. It does not make unsupported judgements.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Your strategy has a lot riding on it.
Know before you execute.
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