Framework-Driven Strategic Advisory for Healthcare

Strategic Advisory

Proprietary frameworks applied to your organization’s most complex challenges — competitive positioning, market entry, organizational transformation, and strategic growth. Not theory. Not generic consulting. Frameworks that have been tested across 57 countries and every corner of healthcare.

Practitioner, Not Theorist

Chris isn’t an academic who studies healthcare from the outside. He’s built and sold three medical device companies, led PwC’s global healthcare innovation practice, and currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Pharma Services at DarioHealth. Advisory engagements draw on this operating experience — not just frameworks, but the judgment that comes from having been in the seat.

Every engagement starts with diagnosis. Most organizations know they have a problem; what they often misdiagnose is the category of problem. A competitive positioning challenge requires different tools than an organizational transformation challenge. Chris’s proprietary frameworks ensure you’re solving the right problem with the right approach.

The analysis is bottom-up; the presentation is top-down. You get the rigor without the consulting theater.

Data Over Dogma

Every recommendation is anchored in evidence. No opinion masquerading as analysis.

“Compared to What?”

Data is never presented in isolation. Every finding includes historical, competitive, or cross-market context.

Flag, Don’t Fill

When uncertain, the gap is surfaced explicitly rather than papered over. Better to find it now than in market.

Complete Deliverables

No partial analyses or placeholder conclusions. Every engagement produces a finished, board-ready output.

Industries Served

Deep domain expertise across the healthcare ecosystem, with selective engagements in adjacent sectors.

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Digital Health

Strategic positioning, market entry, competitive differentiation, and growth strategy for digital health companies navigating crowded markets.

Platforms, DTx, remote monitoring, AI/ML health applications
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Pharma & Biotech

Partnership strategy, commercial model innovation, digital therapeutics engagement, and portfolio optimization for pharmaceutical companies.

Commercial strategy, BD/licensing, DTE partnerships, beyond-the-pill

Life Science & Medtech

Market assessment, competitive intelligence, and go-to-market strategy for medical device and life science companies at inflection points.

Market entry, M&A diligence, product-market fit, scaling
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PE / VC

Due diligence, portfolio company strategy, value creation planning, and market landscape analysis for healthcare-focused investors.

Investment thesis validation, 100-day plans, competitive moats
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Health Systems

Digital transformation roadmaps, innovation strategy, and organizational change management for health system leadership teams.

Innovation programs, vendor assessment, transformation roadmaps
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Health Plans

Member engagement strategy, digital health vendor evaluation, and value-based care innovation for payer organizations.

Digital health strategy, member engagement, vendor selection

Frameworks Applied to Your Challenge

Three proprietary frameworks, each peer-tested and published, applied to the specific challenge your organization faces.

Tension Transformation Framework

Organizational Identity Under Pressure

Diagnoses how your organization responds to disruption — maladaptive, adaptive, or creative — and engineers the shift toward creative transformation.

Best for: Organizations facing existential disruption, leadership teams stuck in incremental mode, merger/acquisition cultural integration

OTD / FAIR-A

Patient Journey & Value Chain Strategy

Maps the five-stage patient engagement journey: Find, Assess, Initiate, Retain, Augment. Identifies where value is created and where it leaks.

Best for: Pharma partnership strategy, digital health positioning, patient engagement models, commercial model innovation

11 Ps & Qs

Comprehensive Strategic Assessment

Full strategic audit across 11 dimensions: Purpose through Proof. Reveals blind spots that narrower assessments miss.

Best for: Strategic planning, PE/VC due diligence, competitive repositioning, board-level reviews, go-to-market strategy

How We Work Together

Three engagement formats designed for different stages and needs. All include direct access to Chris — no junior associates doing the analysis.

Strategic Sprint

2-4 Weeks

Rapid, focused assessment on a single strategic question. Delivers a board-ready analysis with clear recommendations.

  • Single-question deep dive
  • Framework-based analysis
  • Board-ready deliverable
  • One presentation / readout
Ideal for: Time-sensitive decisions, PE due diligence

Transformation Program

3-6 Months

Comprehensive strategic engagement applying multiple frameworks to a major organizational challenge or opportunity.

  • Full 11 Ps & Qs assessment
  • Competitive landscape analysis
  • Implementation roadmap
  • Stakeholder alignment workshops
Ideal for: Market entry, repositioning, M&A

Start With a Conversation

Every engagement begins with a complimentary 30-minute discovery call. Chris will assess fit, understand your challenge, and recommend the right engagement model — or be direct if advisory isn’t what you need.

Schedule a Discovery Call
Response Time
Within 48 hours
Direct Contact
chris@chriswasden.com
Availability
Limited to 4-6 active clients
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