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WildCard Scenarios™

Acclaro’s approach to looking at opportunities and threats that are disruptive to the whole marketplace are called WildCard Scenarios.™ These are disruptive scenarios that create playing-field-altering opportunities. For example, everyone has a story about a company or competitor who ignores the rules of the game, thinks outside the box and then experiences tremendous success. These companies win by taking advantage of opportunities that the established competitors overlooked - these are wild cards.

Acclaro developed a proprietary approach and process that assists executives in identifying, evaluating and capitalizing on them.  Acclaro’s WildCard ScoreCards™ alert senior management to these opportunities.

Acclaro classifies wildcard opportunities as external awareness and internal capabilities which, once exploited, can become wildcards. 

• Internal opportunities include new and disruptive business models;  supply chain management changes; human capital adjustments; or the development of new and innovative technology
• External opportunities involve the awareness of customer needs, supplier and distribution channel inefficiencies, awareness of competitive positioning opportunities, and, finally, the awareness of emerging trends and developments