Staging is one of the six dimensions of the BRI Strategy Framework. It describes how the strategy choices across all the other dimensions within a strategy hypothesis are intended to change over time, based on defined triggering conditions — what the organization will do first, what it sequences for later, and what events or evidence move it from one posture to the next. Most strategy frameworks capture a single snapshot; Staging makes the planned evolution of the strategy an explicit, first-class part of the hypothesis.
Staging is the dimension that distinguishes a strategy hypothesis from a static plan, and it connects directly to the staged, evidence-driven pipeline through which the hypothesis is validated. It descends from the "staging" element of Hambrick and Fredrickson's Strategy Diamond, which BRI carries forward and integrates with the rest of the six-dimension schema. For the full treatment, see the Strategy Framework pillar at /supporting/strategy-framework. Related Terminology Index entries: Strategy Diamond; Strategy Hypothesis; Fidelity; Stage-Gated Innovation; Financial Logic.
