Frameworks
Reveal the whole system and give people a shared structure for thinking.
The Fundamental toolbox
Think clearly.
Decide confidently.
Deliver what matters.
Every engagement is supported by a practical toolbox of field-tested frameworks, methods and accelerators.
Methods
Provide a repeatable path through a particular kind of work.
Accelerators
Help a team frame, facilitate or progress an important conversation.
Find your starting point
Which situation are you working through?
Choose the closest fit. We will show you a likely starting tool and the other Fundamental Business tools that may be useful alongside it.
Signature frameworks
Four ways to make the enterprise visible.
These are not products taken off a shelf. They are shared working structures—selected and combined around the situation.
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Pyramid®
See the whole enterprise before deciding what comes next.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- Market, operational and organisational readiness in one shared view.
- Useful when
- Leadership needs a common picture of the enterprise and its priorities.
- Produces
- An enterprise view and a focused set of strategic choices.
- Works well with
- Fundamental Grid® · Fundamental Storyboarding®
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Grid®
Turn priorities into a coordinated operating rhythm.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- Work, resources and time horizons—and where overcommitment exists.
- Useful when
- Many initiatives compete for the same people, money and attention.
- Produces
- A sequenced multi-year portfolio of work.
- Works well with
- Milestones That Matter · Actions That Matter
Framework · Registered
Greenhouse Framework®
Search for, select and activate worthwhile innovation.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- The flow from possibility to a growing, supported initiative.
- Useful when
- Ideas exist but selection, sponsorship or activation is weak.
- Produces
- A disciplined innovation portfolio and activation plan.
- Works well with
- Fundamental Sprints® · Fundamental Grid®
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Storyboarding®
Make complex thinking visible, discussable and useful.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- The substance, sequence and story behind an important decision.
- Useful when
- A team must brief, influence, decide or communicate together.
- Produces
- A visual narrative that people can understand and act upon.
- Works well with
- Questions That Matter · Facilitation Sets
The complete toolbox
Find a useful way into the work.
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8 registered tools featured
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Pyramid®
See the whole enterprise before deciding what comes next.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- Market, operational and organisational readiness in one shared view.
- Useful when
- Leadership needs a common picture of the enterprise and its priorities.
- Produces
- An enterprise view and a focused set of strategic choices.
- Works well with
- Fundamental Grid® · Fundamental Storyboarding®
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Storyboarding®
Make complex thinking visible, discussable and useful.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- The substance, sequence and story behind an important decision.
- Useful when
- A team must brief, influence, decide or communicate together.
- Produces
- A visual narrative that people can understand and act upon.
- Works well with
- Questions That Matter · Facilitation Sets
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Grid®
Turn priorities into a coordinated operating rhythm.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- Work, resources and time horizons—and where overcommitment exists.
- Useful when
- Many initiatives compete for the same people, money and attention.
- Produces
- A sequenced multi-year portfolio of work.
- Works well with
- Milestones That Matter · Actions That Matter
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Discovery®
Build an evidence-based strategic narrative.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- Preview, readiness, strategic, program and performance thinking.
- Useful when
- The situation is complex and the right questions are not yet clear.
- Produces
- A structured discovery agenda and shared evidence base.
- Works well with
- Fundamental Pyramid® · Questions That Matter
Framework · Registered
Greenhouse Framework®
Search for, select and activate worthwhile innovation.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- The flow from possibility to a growing, supported initiative.
- Useful when
- Ideas exist but selection, sponsorship or activation is weak.
- Produces
- A disciplined innovation portfolio and activation plan.
- Works well with
- Fundamental Sprints® · Fundamental Grid®
Framework · Registered
Fundamental Compass®
Explore the economic consequences of major choices.
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- Makes visible
- Medium-term scenarios, assumptions and decision points.
- Useful when
- Leaders are weighing material choices over a two-to-six-year horizon.
- Produces
- Comparable scenarios and an explicit decision logic.
- Works well with
- Focus · Business Model Canvas
Accelerator · Registered
Fundamental Cards®
Capture, sort and activate thinking in a visible way.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- Ideas, questions, initiatives and patterns across a group.
- Useful when
- Many voices and fragments of information must become coherent.
- Produces
- A prioritised and discussable field of contributions.
- Works well with
- Fundamental Storyboarding® · Great Wall
Accelerator · Registered
Fundamental Sprints®
Use focused, time-boxed workshops to create momentum.
Explore this tool
- Makes visible
- The work that can be completed in a concentrated two-to-three-hour cycle.
- Useful when
- A team needs pace without sacrificing participation.
- Produces
- A defined decision, artefact or next-stage commitment.
- Works well with
- Activity Method · Greenhouse Framework®
Build a useful combination
Use the few tools that make the right work visible.
A typical engagement may connect four distinct moves without imposing a fixed consulting process.
- 01See the enterprise
Fundamental Pyramid®
- 02Choose priorities
Fundamental Grid®
- 03Shape the work
Fundamental Storyboarding®
- 04Build capability
Greenhouse Framework®
A useful beginning
The value is not in using more tools.
It is in choosing the right few.
Bring one important business question. We will determine whether a useful combination exists.
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