Podcast guest & speaker

Better strategy starts with better questions.

Invite Chris Fox to your podcast or event for a practical conversation about how organisations develop strategy, make difficult choices and turn those choices into action.

Invite Chris to speak

Chris Fox, business strategy consultant, StratNav founder and speaker

Meet Chris Fox

The consultant’s experience. The founder’s perspective.

I bring 27 years of experience developing and executing strategy for organisations, including 19 years as an independent business strategy consultant.

As the founder of StratNav, I have also codified and tested that experience in a platform built to connect strategy development with execution. Building it has given me another way to examine what works, where people get stuck and how technology can help.

That combination shapes my perspective: strategy should begin with evidence and insight, lead to clear choices, and stay connected to the work people do every day.

Conversation starters

Three topics to get your audience thinking

Each can become a podcast conversation, presentation or discussion tailored to your audience. These are starting points; we can develop an angle around the questions your listeners or delegates are facing.

Insight before action

What 10,000 SWOT entries reveal about strategy

Drawing on my analysis of more than 10,000 SWOT entries in StratNav, I explore why filling four boxes rarely changes a decision. The value comes from interpreting the evidence and asking: “So what?”

We can discuss how to distinguish facts, observations and insights, identify the few implications that matter, and turn them into strategic choices.

For: consultants, founders and business leaders who want more useful strategic analysis.

From plans to progress

Why strategic plans fail to become action

What happens when strategy day is over and Monday morning arrives? Plans lose momentum when people forget why the work matters, priorities multiply or the next shiny idea takes over.

I explore how to keep the rationale visible, connect goals with measures, initiatives and ownership, and review the strategy when its assumptions change.

For: leadership teams, transformation professionals and consultants helping clients deliver results.

AI and human judgement

Generic AI, generic strategy

AI can produce a polished strategy document in seconds. Has it helped you make a better strategic choice? I share lessons from building AI into StratNav and grounding it in an organisation’s own evidence.

We can explore where AI helps with analysis and structure, how to challenge its answers, and why trade-offs, judgement and stakeholder commitment still need people.

For: business leaders, strategy teams and consultants looking beyond generic prompts and answers.

Let’s talk

Bring a practical strategy perspective to your audience.

If you are planning a podcast episode, conference, leadership event or professional discussion, I would be pleased to hear from you.

Tell me about your audience, the topic you have in mind, the format and any proposed dates. We can discuss what would make the conversation most useful.

Contact Chris about your podcast or event

Speaker biography

Chris Fox

Chris Fox is an independent business strategy consultant and founder of StratNav. His career began in IT in South Africa before taking him to London and the role of Head of Group Strategy and Branding at a FTSE 100 multinational. He brings 27 years of strategy experience, including 19 as an independent consultant. Chris founded StratNav to help organisations spend less time administering strategy and more time thinking strategically and acting on insight. His work is driven by a belief that technology should free people to use their judgement and creativity, and that better strategy can deliver better outcomes for businesses and the people they serve.

Read Chris’s personal story and motivation.