What is the difference between Horizon 2 and Horizon 3?

Horizon 2 focuses on scaling proven concepts into viable business units within 2-5 years, while Horizon 3 involves high-uncertainty R&D and disruptive experiments with a 5-10 year payoff.

What is the Three Horizons Framework?

It is a strategic model originally developed by McKinsey to help organizations manage current performance while simultaneously investing in future growth across three distinct timeframes.

Why is separate management needed for each horizon?

Applying Horizon 1's rigid efficiency metrics to Horizon 3's experimental nature often kills innovation, while Horizon 3's flexibility can disrupt Horizon 1's necessary operational excellence.

How does this skill help with resource allocation?

It provides a structured process to inventory projects, calculate current spending and talent distribution, and identify if an organization is over-invested in the present at the expense of the future.

Three Horizons Strategic Framework

Name: Three Horizons Strategic Framework
Author: lev-os

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Balances current business performance with emerging opportunities and future innovation through structured resource allocation.

The Three Horizons Framework skill provides a structured methodology for Claude to assist in strategic growth planning and innovation portfolio management. By categorizing initiatives into core business (Horizon 1), emerging opportunities (Horizon 2), and future breakthroughs (Horizon 3), this skill helps users identify resource imbalances that lead to short-termism. It guides the development of specific metrics, management structures, and investment targets tailored to different risk profiles, ensuring a balanced approach to immediate profitability and long-term sustainability against industry disruption.

Key Features

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02Horizon-specific metric and KPI development

03Portfolio rebalancing strategies for long-term growth

04Organizational structure design for innovation autonomy

05Quantitative resource allocation auditing for capital and talent

06Strategic initiative classification across three distinct time horizons

Use Cases

01Strategic growth planning and resource budgeting

02Innovation portfolio management and risk assessment

03Executive leadership alignment on long-term vision

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npx skillfish add lev-os/agents three-horizons-framework

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