20. Blueprint 12: Force Field Analysis
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Purpose and Mechanics
The Force Field Analysis Blueprint provides a structured approach to identifying and analyzing forces that influence a situation or outcome. This blueprint enables systematic examination of driving factors, restraining factors, and their interactions, facilitating comprehensive understanding of complex dynamics. It is particularly useful for strategic analysis, change management, and competitive positioning.
This blueprint’s effectiveness comes from its ability to visualize and balance multiple forces that shape outcomes. By requiring systematic identification of positive and negative factors, it guides the AI to produce a comprehensive analysis that reveals the dynamics of a situation.
Theoretical Underpinnings
The Force Field Analysis Blueprint is based on systems thinking and strategic analysis frameworks like Porter’s Five Forces. It addresses the human tendency to focus on obvious factors while missing subtle influences. The blueprint also leverages the AI’s ability to process multiple force vectors simultaneously and identify their net effect.
Step-by-Step Guide
- Define the System: Clearly specify the situation, market, or organization to be analyzed.
- Identify Force Categories: Determine the types of forces to consider (e.g., competitive, economic, technological, social, regulatory).
- Specify Analysis Framework: Indicate the approach to force analysis (e.g., Porter’s Five Forces, PESTLE, custom framework).
- Request Force Assessment: Ask for systematic evaluation of each force’s strength and direction.
- Include Strategic Implications: Request analysis of how forces interact and what strategic actions they suggest.
35 Sector Permutations
| Sector | Prompt Variation |
|---|---|
| Business Strategy | “Conduct a comprehensive Porter’s Five Forces analysis for our industry, analyzing competitive rivalry, threat of new entrants, bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of buyers, and threat of substitutes. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Marketing | “Perform a force field analysis for our digital marketing landscape, analyzing technological forces, consumer behavior forces, competitive forces, regulatory forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Finance | “Create a force field analysis for the investment management industry, analyzing market forces, regulatory forces, technological forces, economic forces, and client preference forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Human Resources | “Conduct a force field analysis for our talent market, analyzing economic forces, technological forces, demographic forces, cultural forces, and regulatory forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Operations | “Perform a force field analysis for our manufacturing sector, analyzing supply chain forces, technological forces, regulatory forces, environmental forces, and labor forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Information Technology | “Create a force field analysis for the cloud services market, analyzing competitive forces, technological forces, customer forces, regulatory forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Research & Development | “Conduct a force field analysis for the pharmaceutical R&D sector, analyzing regulatory forces, technological forces, market forces, patent forces, and academic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Customer Service | “Perform a force field analysis for the customer experience landscape, analyzing technology forces, consumer expectation forces, competitive forces, regulatory forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Sales | “Create a force field analysis for the B2B software sales environment, analyzing competitive forces, buyer forces, technological forces, economic forces, and regulatory forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Supply Chain | “Conduct a force field analysis for the global logistics industry, analyzing geopolitical forces, economic forces, technological forces, environmental forces, and regulatory forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Healthcare | “Perform a force field analysis for the telemedicine sector, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, patient forces, provider forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Education | “Create a force field analysis for the higher education landscape, analyzing technological forces, demographic forces, economic forces, regulatory forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Government | “Conduct a force field analysis for the public transportation sector, analyzing political forces, economic forces, technological forces, environmental forces, and social forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Non-profit | “Perform a force field analysis for the environmental advocacy sector, analyzing political forces, economic forces, social forces, media forces, and regulatory forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Legal | “Create a force field analysis for the legal services market, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, competitive forces, client forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Real Estate | “Conduct a force field analysis for the commercial property market, analyzing economic forces, demographic forces, regulatory forces, technological forces, and environmental forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Manufacturing | “Perform a force field analysis for the automotive industry, analyzing economic forces, technological forces, regulatory forces, consumer forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Retail | “Create a force field analysis for the e-commerce sector, analyzing technological forces, consumer forces, competitive forces, regulatory forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Hospitality | “Conduct a force field analysis for the hotel industry, analyzing economic forces, consumer forces, competitive forces, technological forces, and regulatory forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Entertainment | “Perform a force field analysis for the streaming media industry, analyzing technological forces, consumer forces, competitive forces, regulatory forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Media | “Create a force field analysis for the news publishing industry, analyzing technological forces, consumer forces, regulatory forces, competitive forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Transportation | “Conduct a force field analysis for the airline industry, analyzing economic forces, regulatory forces, technological forces, environmental forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Energy | “Perform a force field analysis for the renewable energy sector, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, economic forces, political forces, and environmental forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Environment | “Create a force field analysis for the conservation sector, analyzing political forces, economic forces, social forces, technological forces, and climate forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Agriculture | “Conduct a force field analysis for the sustainable farming sector, analyzing technological forces, consumer forces, regulatory forces, economic forces, and environmental forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Construction | “Perform a force field analysis for the green building industry, analyzing regulatory forces, technological forces, economic forces, consumer forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Consulting | “Create a force field analysis for the management consulting industry, analyzing economic forces, technological forces, competitive forces, client forces, and regulatory forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Insurance | “Conduct a force field analysis for the insurtech sector, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, consumer forces, competitive forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Banking | “Create a force field analysis for the digital banking sector, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, consumer forces, competitive forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Telecommunications | “Perform a force field analysis for the 5G infrastructure sector, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, competitive forces, consumer forces, and economic forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Aerospace | “Create a force field analysis for the commercial space industry, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, economic forces, geopolitical forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Automotive | “Conduct a force field analysis for the electric vehicle industry, analyzing technological forces, regulatory forces, consumer forces, competitive forces, and infrastructure forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Pharmaceuticals | “Perform a force field analysis for the biotechnology sector, analyzing regulatory forces, technological forces, ethical forces, patent forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Food & Beverage | “Create a force field analysis for the plant-based food industry, analyzing consumer forces, regulatory forces, technological forces, competitive forces, and supply chain forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
| Sports & Recreation | “Conduct a force field analysis for the fitness industry, analyzing technological forces, consumer forces, demographic forces, regulatory forces, and competitive forces. For each force, assess strength, direction, and strategic implications. Include a visual force field diagram.” |
Tips for Customization and Optimization
- Specify Analysis Framework: Indicate whether to use Porter’s Five Forces, PESTLE, or a custom framework.
- Request Force Quantification: Ask for numerical assessment of each force’s strength where possible.
- Include Interaction Analysis: Request examination of how different forces influence each other.
- Specify Time Horizon: Indicate whether to focus on current forces, near-term trends, or long-term projections.
- Request Strategic Recommendations: Ask for specific actions based on force field analysis.
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