Step oneName the threat.
Choose the regulation, tariff, competitor move, customer requirement, distributor issue or certification shift you want to test.
Shield Index
Response Readiness Scorecard
A rapid profile of how prepared the organisation is to detect, assess and respond to a foreign-market threat.
Fixed Fee, Money-Back.No surprise invoices. Our work earns its fee, or we refund it.
Every Claim Cited.Public-source evidence behind every claim.
Models You Keep.Advanced analytical frameworks, yours to re-run and audit.
Adversarial Review.Every verdict challenged and verified before delivery.
The decision
Is your organisation ready to protect its market position?
Use this when a tariff, rule change, customer shift, competitor move or supplier issue has raised concern and you need a quick read on whether the business is ready to respond.
The overall result is built from five pillar scores, so a strong result gives you confidence to monitor the change and a weaker result shows where control is missing.
What you walk away with
- Monitoring discipline.
- Evidence quality.
- Ownership clarity.
- Response capacity.
- Decision governance.
What you keep
Outputs built to travel beyond the project.
The result is delivered with the score, priority gap and route logic needed for a cross-functional conversation.
01
Threat-readiness profile.
A structured view of current monitoring, evidence, ownership and response discipline.
02
Primary gap.
The weakness most likely to slow or distort a response.
03
Recommended next step.
A proportionate route based on the result.
04
Portable result.
A PDF sent to your mailbox, so you can keep the result and share it with the leadership team.
How the answer is built
A method fitted to the shape of the decision.
The scorecard uses a fifteen-question diagnostic informed by ISO 31000, COSO ERM, ISO 22301 and the OODA decision cycle.
The output is a fast readiness read: it highlights the response foundations already in place, the gaps that could slow action and the best next step if the score shows concern.
Read the full methodologyGood fit when
- Market risk feels diffuse.
- Responsibility is spread across several functions.
- The leadership team needs an objective starting point.
Not designed for
- Diagnosing one defined exposure in depth.
- A legal or financial opinion.
- A substitute for company-specific threat research.
How the work runs
Three steps. Five minutes.
Step twoAnswer fifteen questions.
Three questions on each dimension, scored from absent to actively used. No neutral middle.
Step threeRead the route.
Your band, dimension read and recommended next step appear on screen and can also be sent by email.
Commercial clarity
Free. 3-5 minutes.
Start with a quick score before you commission anything. The result gives you a structured view of the question and helps you choose whether a deeper service is needed.
Start with the assessment.
Complete the scorecard and receive a tailored result you can keep, share and come back to when the timing changes.
Next step
Start a conversation.
Bring us a market question the leadership team cannot yet answer. We will tell you whether it fits a defined product, what evidence it needs, and what the fixed fee would be. If it does not fit, we will say so.