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Are you growing faster than your peers?
Are you growing faster than your peers?

Announcing RokitPad™ - a rapid diagnostic to evaluate and RokitLaunch™ your growth - to ensure you are set on the right trajectory, not missing important opportunities, and have a systematic plan and process to manage your flight…

Can AI replace a king?
Can AI replace a king?

Can AI write a King’s speech? On 6 May 2023 King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey…

Does Europe have enough lithium?
Does Europe have enough lithium?

A journalist recently contacted me to ask whether Europe would have enough lithium to power the EV revolution.

The EU has set targets for local production of critical and strategic metals and minerals…

What does Energy Transition Strategy really mean for a miner?
What does Energy Transition Strategy really mean for a miner?

Back in December, Rio Tinto announced it was ‘reluctantly’ seeking acquisition opportunities (check out the Financial TImes 15 December 2022). It wants to buy critical minerals assets such as nickel and lithium. But it’s not exactly a strategy…

Australia’s first battery gigafactory?
Australia’s first battery gigafactory?

The Australian Financial Review today wrote about this plan to build a battery gigafactory in Tomago.

An interesting take on Australia's comparative advantage. I would have thought (in fact we analysed this a couple of years ago in terms of the economics) that Australia is very well positioned to produce CAM, or at least pCAM, for nickel-rich lithium ion batteries…

‘Competitive advantage’ for the minerals industry has changed
‘Competitive advantage’ for the minerals industry has changed

In the new world, where your resource is, with whom you’ve partnered, and who has significant control over it are potentially as or more important as its inherent quality…

Building required gigafactory capacity will require cross-value chain partnerships
Building required gigafactory capacity will require cross-value chain partnerships

At Surrey Hills Strategy, we foresee up to 50% of planned and announced European battery gigafactory projects will fail. This won't be random…

Our government can't distinguish between investment and expense. It's time that changed
Our government can't distinguish between investment and expense. It's time that changed

The latest announcement that government will further delay HS2 is a great example of the muddle government gets itself into. The decision is flawed for three reasons…

Better online meetings?
Better online meetings?

Could your online meetings be better? A practical guide…

Review: The Barcelona Way
Review: The Barcelona Way

Good business or bad business? Occasional reviews of business books. This week, “The Barcelona Way”…

What is leadership to you?
What is leadership to you?

A practical guide to being a better leader for your team

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  • Value Driver Tree

    Value

    What drives VALUE in your organisation?

    3-4 week ‘Value Driver’ diagnostic

    To connect CEO with the front line, you need a rigorous understanding of value and what drives it. Which assets, people, customers, products, systems offer the greatest potential for improvement?

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  • ORGANISATIONAL AGILITY INDEX

    Agility

    How AGILE are you?

    3 week ‘Organisational Agility’ diagnostic

    Agile isn’t just for IT. Yes, effective organisations need clear accountabilities and hierarchies. But agility is vital to succeed in our tumultuous times. We have developed the Agile Organisation Index and toolkit for organisational agility to help you target improvement.

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  • Scale-up

    Is your SCALE-UP on track?

    4-week ‘Scale-up Readiness Index’ diagnostic

    From hard lessons learned through the Johnson Matthey and BritishVolt scale-up experience, Surrey Hills Strategy has developed the Scaleup Readiness Index. Diagnose the greatest risks to your scale-up and prioritise a plan to derisk them.

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