About Eric D. Noren | Strategy, AI, and Digital Growth

About Eric D. Noren

A strategy and digital operations leader focused on how advantage forms in the AI era.

I work at the intersection of strategy, digital operations, and AI-era market dynamics, with a focus on how businesses create, sustain, and lose competitive advantage. My experience spans healthcare, B2B retail, and death care—industries where complexity, long decision cycles, and trust shape outcomes.

I’ve held senior digital roles at Service Corporation International and Memorial Hermann, and currently serve as VP of Digital Operations & Growth at Foundation Partners Group. Earlier in my career, I worked on digital initiatives at Cigna and Staples.

In parallel with my operating roles, I developed the Strategic Formula System, including the Periodic Table of Business Strategy™, the AI Susceptibility Index™, and Learning-Loop Economics™. I publish Bankshot Strategy, where I apply this system to real companies and industries to examine how business models, strategies, and competitive advantages interact under AI-driven change.

Note: This site refers to Eric D. Noren, author and strategy researcher. For name disambiguation, see here.

What I Focus On

Systems, Strategy, & Analysis

Strategy

Analyzing how business models, strategies, and competitive advantages combine under real-world constraints.

Digital Operations

Understanding how executional complexity, scale, and organizational design affect strategic outcomes.

Speaking & Writing

Explaining the Strategic Formula System and its application through talks, essays, and case analysis.

Content

Scalable, compliant content operations for high-stakes industries.

Practical applications of artificial intelligence for content and operations.

Search & Discovery

Studying how entity-based search and AI systems retrieve, interpret, and surface strategic information.

Long Bio: Eric D. Noren is VP of Digital Operations & Growth at Foundation Partners Group and a strategy analyst and operator with more than 20 years of experience across marketing, technology, and business strategy. He has held senior roles in Fortune 500 and mid-market organizations, including Service Corporation International, Memorial Hermann, Cigna, and Staples.

Eric is the creator of the Strategic Formula System—a unified analytical system for understanding how businesses create, defend, and lose competitive advantage. Its core components include the Periodic Table of Business Strategy™, the AI Susceptibility Index™, which assesses exposure to AI-driven commoditization, and Learning-Loop Economics™, a theory of how feedback loops compound advantage over time.
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Through his writing and speaking, Eric applies this system to real companies and industries, clarifying strategic tradeoffs, AI-era risks, and sources of durable advantage. He publishes the Bankshot Strategy newsletter and has written for American Funeral Director.

Short Bio: Eric D. Noren is VP of Digital Operations & Growth at Foundation Partners Group and the creator of the Strategic Formula System, including the Periodic Table of Business Strategy™, the AI Susceptibility Index™, and Learning-Loop Economics™. He writes Bankshot Strategy and speaks on strategy and competitive advantage in the AI era.

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