Soft Power, Hard Problems with Sophie Krantz

You Create Value. Who Captures It?

Power is shifting across markets, supply chains, and organisations. Knowing where it now sits can change what you pay, where you invest, and how much…

Oct 6 • Sophie Krantz

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September 2026

Wins Within Borders Can Jeopardise Bigger Wins

Borders still matter. Yet the risks and opportunities shaping local outcomes increasingly move across them.

Sep 24 • Sophie Krantz

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When the Meeting Ends, What Works?

A meeting is not an outcome. Building what works after the room empties.

Sep 23 • Sophie Krantz

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Letting Ideas Win Over Hierarchy

Three steps to test if the cost of waiting exceeds the cost of acting

Sep 14 • Sophie Krantz

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I’m Sophie Krantz. I help leaders find and validate market positions in changing global conditions.

When conditions change, leaders face the same question: what is worth building or backing - and what needs to be true for it to work?

Sep 1 • Sophie Krantz

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August 2026

Updated Calculations to Create and Capture Value

In a two-track economy, value goes to organisations that can see what matters now and create the conditions to realise it.

Aug 27 • Sophie Krantz

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The Burden of Knowing Better

How institutional certainty obscures solutions within reach.

Aug 12 • Sophie Krantz

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June 2026

Are the world's biggest problems the world's biggest commercial opportunities?

Five organisations operating beyond money and mandate, finding the market in the mission.

Jun 28 • Sophie Krantz

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Golden Age or Depressed Decade? Breaking down the World Bank Global Economic Prospects

How leaders are deciding to spend their next ten years

Jun 12 • Sophie Krantz

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Finding the Way: Organisations building market positions where money and mandates failed

Relatively uncontested gaps that remain open in 2026.

Jun 4 • Sophie Krantz

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May 2026

Do the maths: Is there a market position from solving this hard problem?

A back‑of‑the‑envelope way to price the cost of leaving it unsolved

May 28 • Sophie Krantz

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Latent, Not Lost

How existing assets become market positions

May 22 • Sophie Krantz

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