Impact
Over the last twenty-five years, Helicon has delivered over three hundred mission-critical assignments for twenty-five-plus global MNCs, fifty Indian corporates, public sector enterprises, and a host of MSMEs and start-ups. From boardroom strategy to marketplace execution, our clients have experienced the impact: strategies that are lateral and fresh, and above all practical and executable.
From sales & distribution to technology infrastructure, product strategy to brand strategy, business planning to growth roadmaps: there are few corners of an enterprise we have not worked in. And we hold one rule above all: no armchair consulting. Every Helicon consultant has operated a P&L, built a company, or run a function.
Talk to us, and you will find out how well we understand your business, and how fast we grasp a brief.
The Campaign
Non-obvious observations become strategy. Stories from our Beyond Obvious series.
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Real business challenges lurk deep below. For twenty-five years we have uncovered the root causes behind mission-critical challenges: scaling, restructuring, navigating uncertainty, weathering strategic shocks, facing operating weakness.
A quarter of new cars sold globally are electric. An EV needs 60% fewer, and fundamentally different, components than a conventional vehicle. Everyone in the legacy automotive value chain must reinvent their business model.
Children are a quarter of our world. Kirkbi, the holding company of the LEGO Group, anchors its philosophy in building a better future for children, integrating sustainable practice across every venture.
Shock waves striking water droplets pitted aircraft metal at supersonic speed. That observation led Dornier into medical equipment: shock-wave lithotripsy for non-invasive kidney stone removal.
Practices
Where should the enterprise be in 2031, and what must be true to get there? Vision, portfolio and long-range roadmaps, translated into executable milestones.
EXPLORE →Winning the market you are in. Growth roadmaps, market entry and competitive positioning that hold up outside the boardroom.
EXPLORE →Strategy, function by function. Sales & distribution, product, brand and technology, each tuned to the same true north.
EXPLORE →Specialised Advisory
From idea to investable enterprise: model, plan and go-to-market.
Organisation design and culture aligned to where the strategy is going.
Where strategy lands: processes engineered for efficiency and scale.
Boards, governance and public-policy alignment for the regulated era.
Inclusion built into the organisation as capability, not compliance.
Capital, structure and financial strategy in step with the business plan.
Our Philosophy
We call it the Integrated Strategy Stack. Every business operates within the boundaries of public and economic policy, to which strategic, operational and functional decisions must align. India is on a policy overdrive and more globally engaged than ever; we read the Policy-Economy-Business interplay, and turn the opportunities it offers into strategy that reaches daily operations.
The Integrated Strategy Stack: from context to execution.
How a Partnership Begins
You bring us a mission-critical problem.
We present lateral, implementable solutions.
You onboard us for a long-term partnership.
Selected Clients
In twenty-five years we have been trusted by Titan, JCB, Motul, Herbalife, Essilor, Stanley Black & Decker, Hoya, SAIL, Kohler, Fenesta, Cheryl’s, Green Thumb, Desai Brothers and many who prefer to remain unnamed.
From the Founder
“It is a challenge for any leadership team to manage the operational present and configure the future at the same time. That tension is where Helicon works. We look ahead for a living, and we enjoy it enough to be good at it.”
Insights
Or should we say foresight? Our founder, Vikram Limsay, thinks out loud on LinkedIn about strategy, brands and Indian enterprise. Looking a few years out is the part of the work we love most, and it sharpens everything we recommend.
One conversation is enough to know whether we understand your business. We usually do.
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