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XiaoYu Group / Strategy & Transformation
What decision is in front of you?
International growth, investment value and public innovation each start with a different question. Choose the route that fits your role.
Strategy · Business transformation · AI
Generated illustrations01 / Company leadersCore practiceExplore global growth & transformation↗
Taking a business global?
Choose the market and customer, reshape the proposition, then put AI to work where it changes the frontline.
Generated illustration02 / Investment leadersValue creationExplore investor value↗
Find value in the deal. Build it in the portfolio.
Test the investment thesis and identify AI-enabled operating capacity.
Generated illustration03 / Public & research leadersProgrammes & fundingExplore public & research work↗
Shape a programme. Compete for funding.
Build the case, the partnership and a credible route to impact.
Selected work
The decisions behind the work.
Eight decisions about growth across markets and business transformation. See where AI changed the work, where a new customer model mattered more, and what each case actually proves.
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AI-assisted travel transformation
CTG Travel is a China Tourism Group brand; this case is attributed to the group travel business
How can guides own customer relationships across destinations?
China Tourism Group travel businessCTG Travel is a China Tourism Group brand; this case is attributed to the group travel businessGuides became the relationship owners for travellers visiting global destinations; owner-described AI support was designed to personalise offers.
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For company leaders
Grow globally with a model built for AI.
One market and segment. One customer proposition. Two or three frontline AI workflows. A pilot roadmap leaders can own.
01 / Market
Which market and customer?
Test a country, segment and route to the buyer.
Leave with Market and customer choice ↗
02 / Business
What proposition and model?
Design the customer value, channel and partner roles.
Leave with Proposition and model options ↗
03 / Technology
Which frontline work can AI improve?
Select two or three workflows with human checks.
Leave with Pilot roadmap and owners ↗
Review an AI growth challenge →Core practiceGlobal growth & business transformation
Core practiceAI & digital strategy
THE CONNECTED PROGRAMMEAI-enabled global growth
For large companies taking a business model into a new market.
- 01Market
- 02Proposition
- 03Frontline AI
- 04Pilot
For investment leaders
Find the value in the deal. Build it in the portfolio.
For funds, family offices and portfolio teams: challenge the investment case, then identify where AI can expand useful work after investment.
VALUE CREATION MAP02 / INVEST
01 / DEALTest the thesisEvidence · risk · investment questions
02 / PORTFOLIORedesign the workAI workflows · owners · measures
Human judgement stays in the loop↗
How we work
From question to action.
We frame the options, test what matters and define the next move.
01
Diagnose the options
Define the decision and the evidence it needs.
02
Design the choices
Compare credible routes and partners.
03
Prioritise capabilities
Map the capabilities that make a choice viable.
04
Guide action
Set ownership, milestones and investment gates.
Typical outputs: decision brief · option assessment · capability roadmap · action plan
Start a discussionPublic & research
Different roles. A shared need for a workable plan.
Public bodies and universities may commission strategic work, or join a project as partners. The role, scope and decision rights should be explicit from the start.
Shape a strategy or programme.
Commission work on innovation, digital change, growth opportunities or programme design, with defined questions and usable outputs.
Discuss a programme commissionBuild a credible collaboration.
Develop a consortium, partner roles and work packages around a shared research or innovation objective.
Explore a project partnershipFunding decisions
Start with fit. Build the bid around the work.
Two funding routes, shaped around the opportunity: UK public innovation funding for companies and research funding for leaders building ventures and impact.
For business leaders seeking UK public funding
Find the right opportunities, including Innovate UK funding, and develop a credible innovation case, partners and bid plan around the business goal.
£7m+Prior institutional programme experience: UK public industry funding awarded to companies in a venture-builder cohort.
Discuss a company grantFor research leaders turning ideas into ventures and impact
Work with us as a funding partner to shape competitive bids, consortia and credible venturing and impact routes alongside the research case.
£55m+Career funding portfolio across team and investigator roles in research, innovation and transnational education over 20 years.
Discuss a research partnershipInfrastructure consultancy
What could this property or site become?
For landowners, developers, investors and public clients, we connect property and strategic site analysis with investment decisions, planning, design and landscape evidence.
Property & strategic sites
Understand site opportunities, constraints and development potential before committing to a direction.
Investment appraisal
Compare property and site options, test the case for investment and support a clearer decision.
Planning & design
Shape planning strategy, site concepts and landscape design around the place and its intended use.
LVIA
Prepare landscape and visual impact assessment to inform design and planning submissions.
Other ways to engage
Focused support for pivotal moments.
Pitch Doctor
For founders, spinouts and growth firms preparing to raise capital: sharpen positioning, deck, rehearsal and investor Q&A.
Discuss pitch readinessNon-executive director
For boards seeking independent strategic challenge and governance perspective through a defined personal appointment.
Request a confidential profileDefined-scope engagements
Start with a live decision.
Choose a diagnostic, workshop or defined sprint. Each begins with a clear question and usable output.
Fee basisExisting figures are indicative pilot fees, not established rates. New programmes and entry offers are quoted to an agreed scope.
Which move should we make next?
Pressure-test the market and business model before committing resources.
How can expertise become repeatable work?
Build usable workflows around expert judgement and clear ownership.
What are we missing before we decide?
Get an independent challenge to the assumptions that matter most.
At a glance
Find the right starting point.
Each route begins with the decision you need to make and the output you need to use.
Start a conversation
Bring us the decision in front of you.
Tell us what you are weighing up, what is at stake, and when you need to act. We can identify a useful first conversation.
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