You have a shortage of time, focus, and strategic relevance.
Every day, thousands of articles are published that might affect your organisation — regulation changes, competitor moves, technology shifts, economic signals, geopolitical events. Somewhere in that noise are the few developments that genuinely matter to your strategy.
The problem? Finding them — and then working out what they mean — is work in itself.
That’s exactly why we built StratNav’s new News Hound feature.
Why most leaders struggle to turn news into strategy
If you’re a CEO, founder, or consultant, this will feel familiar:
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You skim headlines between meetings
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You save articles “to read later” (and rarely do)
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You sense something important is changing, but can’t quite articulate the implications
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Strategy discussions are informed by anecdotes, not evidence
The real issue isn’t awareness. It’s translation.
Most tools either:
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Dump large volumes of news on you, or
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Summarise articles without connecting them to your organisation
What’s missing is a clear line from external events → strategic implications → decisions you may need to take.
Introducing News Hound in StratNav
News Hound is designed to work the way senior leaders and strategy professionals actually think.
Instead of asking you to hunt for relevant stories, News Hound:
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Searches the internet continuously for the latest news
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Filters stories based on relevance to your organisation and its strategic context
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Summarises each story clearly and concisely
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Explains the strategic implications for your organisation
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Presents everything in a clean, scannable summary
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Lets you click through to original sources when you want deeper detail
You get insight first — detail second.
From “interesting article” to “so what does this mean for us?”
This is where News Hound is fundamentally different.
A typical news alert might tell you:
“New regulation proposed in the EU financial services sector.”
News Hound goes further:
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What happened – a plain-English summary
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Why it matters – the strategic signal behind the headline
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Implications for your organisation – risks, opportunities, and questions to consider
This bridges the gap between external scanning and internal strategy conversations.
Instead of reacting emotionally or late, you can respond deliberately and early.
Designed for how strategy work really happens
For C-suite leaders
You need to:
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Stay informed without drowning in content
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Bring credible, current insights into board discussions
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Anticipate risks before they become crises
News Hound gives you strategic situational awareness — without adding to your workload.
For consultants
Your value lies in:
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Seeing patterns before your clients do
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Grounding recommendations in evidence
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Helping clients connect the external world to their internal choices
News Hound supports repeatable, scalable environmental scanning across multiple clients, without manual research every week.
For founders and scale-ups
You’re operating with:
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Limited time
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Rapidly shifting markets
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High exposure to external shocks
News Hound helps you spot early signals that may affect funding, customers, regulation, or competitive positioning — while there’s still time to adapt.
A neat summary you can act on
Every News Hound output is:
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Concise – designed to be read in minutes, not hours
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Structured – so you can quickly scan multiple stories
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Transparent – with direct links to underlying articles
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Strategically framed – not just informational
This makes it ideal for:
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Weekly strategy reviews
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Executive briefings
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Consultant client updates
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Board packs
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Ongoing environmental scanning
No more cutting and pasting articles into documents and hoping people read them.
Built into your strategy workflow — not bolted on
Because News Hound lives inside StratNav, it’s not just another dashboard.
You can:
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Connect insights directly to strategic themes
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Use them to inform options, risks, and assumptions
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Keep a visible record of why strategic decisions were made
Over time, this creates a living evidence trail — something regulators, boards, and investors increasingly expect.
Strategy isn’t about knowing everything — it’s about knowing what matters
The pace of change isn’t slowing down.
What does change is how effectively you filter signal from noise.
News Hound exists to answer one question consistently and well:
“What’s happening outside our organisation that could materially affect our strategy — and what should we do about it?”
If that’s a question you or your clients wrestle with, this feature was built for you.
How to access News Hound
Getting started with News Hound takes less than a minute:
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Sign up or sign in to StratNav
Go to https://www.stratnavapp.com and log in to your account. -
Select the project you want to use News Hound on
Click Projects, then select the project you want to monitor, if it's not already selected. -
Open the project menu
In the main menu, select the Project Name (second item from the top). -
Click “News Hound”
News Hound will immediately start sniffing out the latest strategy-relevant news and presenting clear summaries with strategic implications.
That’s it — no setup, no configuration, no searching required.
Just timely, relevant insight connected directly to your strategy.
See News Hound in action
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Schedule a demo: https://www.stratnavapp.com/Demo
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Try StratNav for free: https://www.stratnavapp.com
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For C-suite leaders: https://www.stratnavapp.com/DIYStrategy
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For consultants: https://www.stratnavapp.com/Consultant
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For founders & startups: https://www.stratnavapp.com/Startup
Or, if you want to explore how this kind of external insight should shape your wider strategy, book a call:
👉 https://calendly.com/chriscfox/discuss-your-needs
