Getting a decision is the biggest hidden cost in business

A recent survey revealed that the time wasted in trying to get ideas through their system equated to a £60bn opportunity cost and £21bn lost revenue in failed pitches for UK companies alone, imagine the size of the global problem.

The reasons why plans don’t merit a decision are recognisable and familiar to many:

  • Plans that fall apart at the first question, let alone survive serious scrutiny
  • Unimaginable creativity but no tangible description of how it can be made to work
  • A final output so confusing that it might have been written for another company
  • And worst of all is the nagging doubt that the plan has neither fully identified nor analysed the real problem – let alone generated the best strategic options

Resulting in a seemingly never ending succession of meetings that go nowhere.

For the last twenty years SCQuARE has helped our clients to make these problems disappear, by unlocking the synergy between planning, innovation, and persuasion.


SCQuARE drives major productivity gains for the company:

  • They get to market quicker because plans that would otherwise take many months and painful meetings can be successfully concluded with absolute alignment in few days and even less meetings
  • SCQuARE becomes a common thinking language, enabling multiple functions to collaborate effectively
  • Bosses benefit because the thinking is done for them and they do not have to endure death by PowerPoint
  • SCQuARE gives teams the facility to work together to formulate aligned plans to tackle ambiguous issues; securing the ownership and commitment of the team ,rather than imposing a plan written by an expensive third party

And Career enhancements for the individual:

  • Recognised as clear insightful thinkers and effective planners and presenters - they gain a direct career boost – 52 current CEOs were trained in SCQuARE early in their career; coincidence? We think not!