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How to Evaluate a High-Conviction Opportunity
A practical framework for testing materiality, evidence, timing, feasibility, structure and failure modes.
The central idea
A practical framework for testing materiality, evidence, timing, feasibility, structure and failure modes.
Why it matters
High conviction should emerge from material need, differentiated access or capability, credible timing and an attractive relationship between upside and controllable downside.
Put it into practice
Score the opportunity against evidence quality, urgency, feasibility, capital intensity, strategic fit and explicit failure modes.
A question for leaders
What would change in the organization if the principle behind “How to Evaluate a High-Conviction Opportunity” became part of its normal operating system rather than a one-time exercise?