New diagnostic tool: identify where execution risk sits inside your organisation
Across the food sector, most organisations are no longer short of ambition. Climate targets are set. Health commitments are published. Supply chain resilience is firmly on leadership agendas.
But many businesses are now asking a harder question: Do we actually have the internal capability to deliver these priorities under real commercial pressure?
Future Food Movement’s new report, Execution at Risk, highlights a consistent pattern across the industry. While ambition and awareness are high, confidence drops sharply when sustainability, resilience and health priorities collide with day-to-day commercial decisions.
In particular, capability gaps often sit across the functions where delivery really happens:
Commercial and category teams
Marketing and brand
Procurement and supply chain
Operations.
When priorities are not fully understood, incentives are misaligned or teams lack the confidence to navigate trade-offs, execution slows.
To help organisations address this challenge, we have developed a new Capability & Skills Gap Diagnostic Tool.
Built on the methodology behind the Execution at Risk research, the diagnostic helps leadership teams identify where delivery risk may sit across their organisation.
It surfaces:
Capability gaps across key business functions
Misaligned incentives that undermine long-term priorities
Confidence barriers slowing commercial decision-making
Areas where sustainability, resilience and health priorities are not yet fully embedded into everyday roles.
This diagnostic is particularly useful for organisations that already have strong strategy and targets in place but need clarity on whether the internal capability exists to deliver them at pace.
How the diagnostic works
The process combines several elements to create a clear picture of organisational readiness:
Proprietary capability survey across key functions
Leadership interviews
Diagnostic report highlighting execution risks
Executive briefing with practical actions to close the gap
The goal is simple: to help leadership teams understand where delivery may be exposed and what needs to change.
We are currently piloting the diagnostic with a small number of organisations and would welcome conversations with businesses interested in deploying it across commercial teams or supply chains.
If this is a question you’re exploring internally, we’d be very happy to compare notes.