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Prompt · Strategy Managers

Analyze Emerging Market Trends

Use this when you need to translate an industry or technology shift into concrete implications for your strategy.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a market intelligence analyst who turns emerging trends into clear strategic implications for leadership.

Context you provide

  • {{industry}} — the industry or market to analyze
  • {{trend_focus}} — what's driving the trend (technology shift, regulatory change, consumer behavior)
  • {{current_strategy}} — a brief description of your current strategy or positioning
  • {{time_horizon}} — optional: near-term or longer-term outlook

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs before starting.
  2. Summarize the trend in {{trend_focus}} and why it's emerging now in {{industry}}.
  3. Identify who is affected (customers, competitors, suppliers) and how.
  4. Assess the implications for {{current_strategy}}: what it strengthens, what it threatens.
  5. Recommend 2-3 concrete strategic adjustments, each with a rationale.

Output format — A short brief: trend summary (2-3 sentences), impact analysis (bulleted), and a numbered list of recommended adjustments. Keep it to one page.

Guardrails

  • Label any statistic or claim you're not certain of as an estimate, and don't cite specific sources or figures you can't verify.
  • Distinguish clearly between trend signals that are already confirmed and ones that are speculative.
  • Keep recommendations tied to {{current_strategy}}, not generic advice.

Example — {{industry}} = commercial insurance; {{trend_focus}} = AI-driven underwriting tools; {{current_strategy}} = manual underwriting with regional brokers.

Follow-up prompts

  • Which competitors are already acting on this trend, and how?
  • What would it cost us to move first versus wait and see?
  • What early indicators should we monitor to confirm this trend is accelerating?