STRATEGIC CONSULTING GROUP

Strategy that gets executed.

SCG helps leadership teams make fewer, sharper choices and turn them into measurable results. Based in Norway. Working with CEOs and owners across industries.

THE STRATEGIST

Arne Harket

FOUNDER & CEO

25 years in executive roles at Handelshøyskolen BI (Norwegian School of Management), Danske Bank, If Insurance, and Formue. Country Director for the Danish marketing firm Kunde & Co. Master of Management from Handelshøyskolen BI with specialization in strategy. Career spanning business strategy, positioning, and implementation. Advisor to over 100 companies.

Developer of The Growth Process (TGP) and The Growth Model (TGM), proprietary frameworks for strategy development and prioritization.

Author of Share or Lose: The Case for Capitalism 2.0 introducing the Creating Shared Vision framework and the Capitalism 2.0 Matrix.

Every strategy engagement is led by Arne personally. No juniors. No handoffs.

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Arne Harket, Founder and CEO, SCG
WHAT WE DO

Three things. Done properly.

01

Business Strategy

The Growth Process (TGP): from insight and market analysis through prioritization to a fully anchored strategy with clear implementation architecture. 8–10 weeks with the leadership team.

02

Organizational Development

Culture, leadership, and alignment. Connecting strategy to the people who execute it. Using TGM to prioritize where to invest, protect, evaluate, or exit.

03

Thought Leadership

Creating Shared Vision, the Capitalism 2.0 Matrix, and the Self-Assessment Scorecard. Original frameworks for connecting identity, culture, and economics.

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORKS

Original models. Tested in practice.

Every model is developed by SCG, refined through real client engagements, and designed to drive decisions not decorate slide decks.

TGP

The Growth Process

Three-phase strategy process: Insight → Prioritization → Implementation. Five variables. Three-year horizon. Used in every SCG engagement.

TGM

The Growth Model

2×2 prioritization matrix: Market Potential × Transformation Need. Four positions: Invest, Protect, Evaluate, Exit. Forces the leadership team to confront the gap between ambition and capability.

THE GROWTH PROCESS

Three steps. 8–10 weeks. A fully anchored strategy.

From current-state analysis through prioritization to a three-year target with five measurable variables and a 12-month action plan.

The Growth Process — three steps in 8–10 weeks The Growth Process 8–10 WEEKS · THREE STEPS · ANCHORED STRATEGY 1 STEP 1 Current State Week 1–3 Depth interviews Market trends Quantitative baseline CURRENT-STATE REPORT 2 STEP 2 Prioritization Week 4–7 Insight + trends + data 3–5 battles to win Capital allocation PRIORITIZATION DOCUMENT 3 STEP 3 Future target state Week 8–10 Five variables, three years 12-month action plan Governance rhythm BUSINESS STRATEGY © 2026 STRATEGIC CONSULTING GROUP
THE GROWTH MODEL

The prioritization tool that forces real choices.

Most strategy tools look outward at the market. TGM forces the leadership team to look inward as well: does the organization have the transformation capacity to execute the strategy?

The Growth Model — prioritization matrix The Growth Model PRIORITIZATION TOOL · TGM TRANSFORMATION NEED HIGH LOW MARKET POTENTIAL HIGH LOW Priority growth areas Strategic capital goes here → INVEST Strategic trade-offs Worth the transformation? → EVALUATE Profitable core areas Protect and optimize → PROTECT Phase out Free up resources → EXIT © 2026 STRATEGIC CONSULTING GROUP
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Beyond strategy: the case for a new economic model.

SCG's client work focuses on business strategy. But the thinking goes further. Creating Shared Vision (CSV) is a framework for connecting organizational culture to economic returns and the argument for why capitalism must evolve.

Capitalism 2.0 Matrix

Share or Lose.

The Case for Capitalism 2.0

The article introduces three original tools: the Creating Shared Vision house model (9 variables across Foundation, Walls, and Roof), the Capitalism 2.0 Matrix (a 2×2 diagnostic for where your organization stands), and the Self-Assessment Scorecard (1–6 scale across 9 dimensions, max 54).

Share voluntarily, or lose involuntarily.

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SCG combines strategic analysis with commercial understanding, and manages to make complex choices operational in practice.
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