What problem does it solve? When several investments compete for one budget, teams often judge speculative bets with the same hard-ROI hurdle as core-business extensions, killing future options early or hiding that nothing is being built beyond this year. This Skill applies McKinsey's Three Horizons of Growth framework to tag every bet, assign the evidence bar its horizon deserves, and expose an imbalanced portfolio. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Horizon tagging: Classifies each investment as H1 (defend and extend the core), H2 (build emerging businesses), or H3 (create options), splitting bets that straddle two horizons. - Horizon-matched evidence bars: Assigns hard ROI and stage-gates to H1, innovation accounting and build-measure-learn to H2, and thesis-and-watchlist reviews to H3. - Mix reporting: Sums bets by capital, attention, or count, compares against the Nagji & Tuff 70/20/10 benchmark, and flags the starved horizon. - Use Case: A leadership team brings six proposals to annual planning; the Skill produces a table tagging each bet with a horizon, time-to-impact estimate with confidence, and evidence bar, then reports a 78/17/5 mix and flags that H3 is starved. ## Quick Start Use the three-horizons skill to tag each bet in this investment portfolio as H1, H2, or H3 with the evidence bar and mix balance for each.
