LONDON, 29 January 2026 – GlobalData Plc, the leading intelligence and productivity platform, announced a major upgrade to its Strategic Intelligence solution, which is now available as a dedicated digital platform.
The upgraded offering brings together strategic analysis, tools, and expanded access to analyst expertise in one place. Previously delivered across individual industry intelligence centers, Strategic Intelligence has been consolidated into a single environment designed to support strategic decision making.
The new, strategy-first experience combines proprietary data, human expertise, and AI to deliver forward-looking insight.
This helps organizations anticipate future developments, quantify the significance of global themes, validate strategic choices, and turn insight into action by embedding ongoing theme monitoring across the business.
Cyrus Mewawalla, Head of Strategic Intelligence at GlobalData, says: “At a time where global themes are increasingly interconnected, developments in one area can rapidly create risk and opportunity in another. The recent geopolitical focus on Greenland, for example, has implications for energy security, supply chains, and long-term investment.
“Meanwhile, agentic AI will disrupt workflows in several industries in short order. Leaders need a connected perspective that helps them understand disruption before it impacts their business. Our upgraded solution helps clients navigate complexity, anticipate disruption, and make confident, well informed strategic decisions faster than their competitors.”
The strategic enabler for organizations
Strategic Intelligence is now available as a distinct solution, separate from other GlobalData products, with a clear focus on foresight and executive decision support.
The solution covers more than 100 strategic themes across six modules: technology; macro and ESG; consumer; healthcare; industrials; and financial services. Together, these provide a 360-degree view of opportunity and risk across global markets.
Accessed through a purpose-built digital platform that puts strategy content first, Strategic Intelligence makes it easy for clients to engage directly with analysts and benefit from high-value advisory conversations.
The platform is built around three core pillars: insights, advisory, and tools, giving organizations the structure and support they need to turn foresight into action.
- Insightful reports and commentaries – 2,000+ reports covering 100+ disruptive themes with analysis across technology, macroeconomic and ESG, financial services, healthcare, consumer and industrials.
- Expert advisory – Direct access to 800+ analysts for advisory services including executive briefings, validation, board-ready intelligence, and leadership alignment.
- Tools and frameworks – Scorecards, exposure maps, and other data visualizations, powered by 200+ million predictive signals across 20 sectors, that enable tracking of competitor strategies and monitoring of theme evolution in real time.
The solution allows each of these pillars to be tailored to individual client needs. Clients can choose from a range of customized options, including bespoke reports, tailored advisory services, and flexible data delivery options. This ensures that organizations receive insight and support that is directly aligned to their strategic priorities.
Powering strategic decision making
Strategic Intelligence supports both day-to-day and long-term decision making by giving organizations a clear view of how strategic themes connect across markets, industries, and regions. This integrated perspective helps teams apply foresight consistently and make decisions with greater confidence at scale.
The solution is used by professionals across strategy, growth, risk, innovation, and transformation. Common use cases include shaping long-term strategy, identifying emerging risks, and tracking the impact of key global themes over time.
By combining foresight, analyst expertise, and practical tools, Strategic Intelligence helps organizations:
- Boost confidence based on foresight
- Make strategic decisions faster
- Reduce strategic planning cycles
- Achieve a higher success rate on growth opportunities
Organizations using Strategic Intelligence are already reporting significant value.
The Vice President of Marketing and Head Analyst and Advisory Relations of Tech Mahindra, comments: “GlobalData provides unique thematic research from many angles that we can’t get from anywhere else. Their research is delivered in in-depth reports, but most impressively, GlobalData analysts have been actively involved in dynamic workshops and conversations with senior members of our business and have influenced our decisions.”
A new standard for predictive analytics
Utilizing a proprietary methodology, the Sector Scorecard tool within Strategic Intelligence projects which companies are likely to lead or lag within their sectors over the next five years, delivering a high degree of accuracy.
According to recent evaluations, companies identified as “thematic leaders” in GlobalData’s quarterly published sector scorecards have outperformed both their lower-ranked peers and the S&P benchmark in 80% of the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) sector during the past three years, with average outperformance of 12 percentage points.
Mewawalla concludes: “This proven accuracy empowers Strategic Intelligence clients to make more confident, data-driven investment decisions.”
Availability
The Strategic Intelligence solution is available now. Request a demo.
