Our Services.
Proven strategy tools
and AI for greater success and a desirable future.
From ambition to transformation
Keynotes to inspire executives, supervisory boards, multipliers and those responsible for implementation
- Inspiring keynotes and presentations (conferences, corporate events, etc.)
- Specialized presentations (live or online)
- Panel discussions (as a panelist or moderator)
- Online training and eLearning
- Lectures and seminars (universities, executive schools, corporate academies)
Strategy bootcamps for qualifying and developing teams and for designing contemporary strategy processes
Strengthen the strategic capabilities of your teams in organizational areas such as strategy and corporate development, sustainability, marketing & sales, business development, finance & controlling or also in the technical business units. So that you take the people in your organization with you and they become effective. We provide you with approaches and methodological competence to improve the innovation capability, resilience and sustainability of your business. This also includes a narrative with which you see socio-ecological developments not as a brake or cost factor, but as an innovation driver and entrepreneurial opportunity.
- Develop situational awareness and strategic foresight
- Develop strategic need for action
- Create a common understanding of strategy
- Design a strategy process and select effective methods
- Jointly develop concrete strategy content as initial deliverable
- Develop a common narrative and gain multipliers
- Give practical recommendations and identify pitfalls
- Development of a strategy office (Office of Strategic Management) & strategy process
- University certificates
Business model check for strategic baseline assessment and foresight as well as evaluating future viability
Contemporary business models are economically robust, resilient to nature-related and other risks in the business environment, and sustainable throughout the value chain and value proposition. Companies, investors, banks or insurance companies are increasingly questioning established business models of their customers and business partners. Transparency about the business model is also required by new disclosure requirements. Get a solid picture of your initial strategic situation in a short time with our “Business Model Check”. We help you to assess and further develop the future viability of your strategies and business models. This will enable you to gain and sustain tomorrow’s competitive advantages and avoid future costs.
- Recognize nature-related dependencies in the value chain
- AI-supported resilience analyses and risk assessments of your global locations and key suppliers
- How sustainable and future-proof is your value proposition to customers?
- Identification of untapped potential for value creation
- Use business model patterns as innovation drivers
Strategy refinement for the design of robust strategies and future-proof business models
We help you to develop future-oriented strategic guideposts (vision, mission and purpose, values) and describe your desired path with robust strategic thrusts and business models. This provides answers to the questions “why” and “where to” a business wants to transform. It creates orientation and motivation for your business development. Double materiality analyses as well as selected strategy types and business model patterns provide valuable starting points for ideation and are essential for strategy refinement.
- Ambition: Develop future-oriented strategic guideposts
- Leverage robust approaches and strategy types in your strategy process
- From problem to solution with regenerative and AI-based strategies
- Climate strategy (mitigation & adaptation) and climate transition planning
- Refining strategy with systematic business model design
- Integration of strategic goals from different perspectives
- Strategic “story telling” for effective strategy clarification and execution
Strategy activation for mobilizing people at various levels of the organization
The success of a business is based on two essential factors: the right strategies and effective execution. With strategic approaches for more innovation, resilience and sustainability, a company can realize a «strategy premium». But unique and hard to imitate strategies are rare. The reality is often a head-to-head race with similar strategies and business models. Here, execution capabilities become a source of competitive advantage. With a good master plan and excellence in execution and adaption you overcome structural and cultural inertia and transform faster, more efficiently and better than your competitors. The effective and responsible use of artificial intelligence can make a valuable contribution to this process. We help you design strategy, organizational structures and processes as well as the corporate and leadership culture in such a way that the required changes are enabled. The results are enhanced entrepreneurship & innovative strength in your organization!
- Assessment of transformation readiness
- Identify hurdles and drivers for “Execution Excellence”
- Systematically align strategic priorities of different areas
- Realize company-wide synergies between organizational units
- Develop a climate transition plan for the transition to climate neutrality
- Create a shared understanding of strategy throughout the company
- Promote acceptance and motivation through clarifying individual strategy contributions
Implementation support for realizing strategic initiatives and effective strategic control
In strategy execution and transformation, there are always challenges for which you need robust and effective solutions quickly. We want to ensure that your ambitions, strategic goals and action programs are not only clarified but successfully implemented in the “jungle” of diverse strategic requirements and multiple crises. Fast, value-adding and cost-effective. With our special mentoring, a personal mentor continuously accompanies you in all strategic matters and, for specific questions, brings in our experts as a specialist coach or sparring partner on an hourly basis – on-line or in person. This offer is specially designed for organizations with limited resources and experience. In this way, you get exactly the skills and methods you urgently need for answering pressing questions or finding quick fixes. Event-driven and tailored to your company.
If required, we will help you to professionally install systematic strategy management in your organization by setting up a strategy office (“Office of Strategic Management”) and a contemporary strategy process. This ensures continuous strategic control, systematic strategic learning processes and improves your adaptability to unexpected changes in the environment.
Let us join forces to shape your path for greater competitiveness through more innovation, resilience and sustainability.
Testimonials
"The well-founded strategy clarification and the Business Model Check greatly helped me and my leadership team to develop a clear strategic direction. Throughout the process, everyone was fully engaged, and the team gained enthusiasm for implementation. A highlight was the "Wunder-Box", which sharpened situational awareness of our initial strategic position. Thank you also for the valuable support in the management committee of our parent company."
“The Strategy Bootcamp helped us, with the newly formed sustainability team, to successfully develop our ESG strategy, roadmap, and concrete next steps. The inspiring presentation on the megatrend of sustainability, the thorough analysis of socio-ecological impacts in our value chain, the valuable discussion on economic opportunities and risks, the outlook on CSRD requirements, and practical case studies supported us in further shaping the sustainable path of the Hirschvogel Group.”
University Certificate Courses
Upon request, university certificate courses are also possible in collaboration with top business schools from our network. A particular concern is the best possible practical transfer, so that the imparted content can be implemented quickly and effectively.
We see companies as an essential driver for a desirable future.
SustainUp is a network of thought leaders and doers for future-oriented strategizing. We collaborate with a highly qualified team of experts who have successfully managed projects in the fields of strategy, resilience, and sustainability. With robust and scientifically validated methods, new AI technologies, as well as a great deal of management experience and sensitivity, we support executives across industries in their strategy refinement and execution activities.