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SWT Analysis

Use the SWT Analysis from Scaling Up to identify your company’s true strengths, real weaknesses, and emerging trends. A modern alternative to SWOT, designed to fuel disruptive strategy and external awareness.

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SWT Analysis: Summary and Description

Purpose:

The SWT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Trends) analysis tool helps companies look beyond their internal bubble to identify game-changing opportunities and potential threats emerging from external macro trends.

Key Elements:

  1. Strengths: What unique internal capabilities give you a sustainable edge?

  2. Weaknesses: What limitations or gaps might hold you back?

  3. Trends: What societal, technological, economic, and regulatory trends are reshaping the landscape — across industries, not just your own?

Usage:

Unlike the traditional SWOT analysis, which leans heavily inward and often recycles clichés, SWT pushes leadership teams to zoom out. It uncovers adjacent opportunities, cross-industry innovation, and early warning signs. SWT fuels breakthrough strategy by reframing the competitive landscape.

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