From discovery to synergy
How Business Ingenuity works
Edgy® External Analysis Products
Diagnose your operating state from the outside in
Fast, evidence-based assessments using public information — no survey required
Operating State Platform
Edgy®
Dynamic collective intelligence

Reveals your operating state and the forces driving it — accelerators building toward synergy and arrestors pulling away from it. Family I products use publicly available information; no survey required.
Family I — Lite
ExoScan
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Fast, directional, high-altitude snapshot
Purpose
Rapid directional orientation — answers: "What is this company's operating state and are there obvious structural risks?"
Depth
High-altitude: operating state, key ecosystem attributes, and top-level fragility signals
Length
4–6 pages
Best for
Deal screening, initial competitive scans, board briefings, executive education
Key Outputs
Operating State placement (Resilience × Ingenuity map)
Ecosystem attributes: structure and power snapshot
Top 2–3 VSC fragility signals
Directional drift indicator
Operating State Ecosystem Fit No survey required Standalone
Family I — Full
ExoAnalysis
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Thorough, evidence-based, intervention-ready
Purpose
Thorough evidence-based evaluation — answers: "What exactly is limiting or accelerating this company, and what interventions are required?"
Depth
Comprehensive: full VSC alignment, leadership archetypes, drift vectors, CXO shift recommendations, and scenario outcomes
Length
12–20 pages
Best for
Full diligence, 100-day planning, exit readiness assessment, transformation roadmap
Key Outputs
Full Resilience × Ingenuity mapping with narrative rationale
Strategic fragility indicators — full VSC vulnerability assessment
Leadership archetypes: Mogul / Crusader / Orchestrator / Harmonizer
Drift vectors and scenario outcomes across 3–4 strategic scenarios
VSC Alignment Drift Vectors Scenarios No survey required
Available Add-On
Add-On to ExoScan or ExoAnalysis
Competitive Landscape Analysis
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Sector-mapped competitor intelligence within your ecosystem

Extends either Family I product with a structured analysis of your main competitors — placed within the same ecosystem framework, assessed on operating state, and benchmarked on relative fitness and strategic differentiation.

Key Outputs
Sector Mapping
Competitors placed within ecosystem context
Comparative Operating States
Cross-company operating state comparison
Fitness Analysis
Relative fitness vs. ecosystem peers
Strategic Differentiation
Structural advantage and vulnerability analysis
ExoScan + Lite add-on
ExoAnalysis + Full add-on