[Prompt Distribution] Conducting PEST Analysis for Business DX with Generative AI | DX Furinkazan [Art of Fire] Volume 1 (3)

*Updated May 27, 2025 (Re-generated with ChatGPT 4o)

Introduction

Hello everyone!
This is Osada from the ICT/DX Promotion Section, Education Division, Phonetic Co., Ltd.

In this DX Furinkazan series, we are compiling and publishing the know-how Phonetic implemented for internal DX as a manual!

Usage Guidelines

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[Art of Fire] Volume 1: Practice! Generative AI x Business DX

Overview of the Workshop

Purpose of this Workshop

• Acquire generative AI utilization skills through practical work

• Learn the marketing approach necessary for business model DX through practice
  (Emphasis on hands-on work over lectures)

Workshop Flow

1. Announcement of themes and goals

2. Brief explanation regarding the theme

3. Distribution of three ToDos per session and the corresponding prompts

4. Practice individually using the distributed prompt

5. Transcribe and save the prompt and generated content into a document

Learning by doing... so let's get started right away!

Theme: Idea Generation and Validation

Goal

ToDo (Content)

1. Business DX Case Study Research: Exploring hints for new business creation with generative AI
   Best practices in the target market or domestic/international startup case studies

2. PEST Analysis of the Target Market: Thoroughly analyze the market environment with generative AI
   Check business feasibility

3. New Business Idea Generation: A new approach to idea creation using generative AI
   Transformation of existing businesses or new business ideas

This time, we will practice
2. PEST Analysis of the Target Market
!

2. Thoroughly analyze the market environment with generative AI

Innovation is born from a dialogue with the environment

New businesses are born from the problems in today's society.
When thinking about business ideas, relying only on inspiration won't last long.
What is important is to thoroughly understand the current movements and changes in the world (= the market environment that is the soil for business)that.

The means for that is PEST analysis.

What is PEST analysis?

Simply put, it is a method to investigate the four environments that affect a business.

• Politics: How are laws and policies changing?

• Economy: What is the state of money flow and the economy?

• Society: What are people's values and lifestyles?

• Technology: What new technologies are emerging?

It is not just a simple "environmental analysis," but rather a compass for predicting the future and building strategies.

How Generative AI is Changing Environmental Analysis

Traditionally, PEST analysis required a vast amount of time and effort.
From gathering information to analysis and extracting insights, even experts could take weeks.

However, the arrival of generative AI has completely changed the situation.

1. Can analyze vast information sources instantly

2. Can logically explain complex relationships

3. Can provide objective, data-driven insights

4. Enables multi-faceted analysis from different perspectives

It's amazing, it happens in an instant!
Since it can be done in an instant, there is no reason not to use it, right?

Here is the prompt

For all of these, please enter the industry or genre you wish to investigate into the [Industry] section before instructing the generative AI.
Example: Japan's inbound travel industry

# 命令
[業種]における最新のPEST分析を、新規ビジネス開発の視点から実施してください。
経営戦略立案に直接活用できる洞察を提供してください。

# 役割
戦略的思考ができる、トップクラスのマーケティングコンサルタント

# 背景
- 新規ビジネス創出のための環境分析
- 市場の潜在的機会と脅威の特定
- データに基づく戦略的意思決定サポート

# 出力形式
## P（政治的観点）：
【トレンド名】※最も影響力のある政治的変化や動向を簡潔に表現
- 具体的な影響
- 戦略的示唆

## E（経済的観点）：
【トレンド名】※最も重要な経済的変化や傾向を端的に示す
- 具体的な影響
- 戦略的示唆

## S（社会的観点）：
【トレンド名】※社会の本質的な変化や新たな価値観を表現
- 具体的な影響
- 戦略的示唆

## T（技術的観点）：
【トレンド名】※破壊的イノベーションや技術革新を簡潔に表現
- 具体的な影響
- 戦略的示唆

▼ Output results (using ChatGPT 4o)

It would be interesting to output and compare results using various generative AIs!

Features of the above prompt

1. Strategic Thinking

   • Focus on insights that can be directly applied to new business development

   • The goal is decision support, not just information gathering

2. Structural Approach

   • Clarify the 'Trend Name,' 'Impact,' and 'Strategic Implications' for each item

3. Extract Practical Information

   • Provide concrete impacts and strategic implications

   • Extract information directly linked to management decisions

In short, it can be called a tool that transforms 'data into knowledge, and knowledge into strategy'!

Please give it a try!
(Be sure to save the generated content in a document app. I think it will be useful for future strategy development!)

Conclusion

What do you think?

At DX Furinkazan, in addition to distributing know-how collections like this note, we will conduct study sessions and provide support through an online community. We will provide full backup to DX promotion managers who tend to feel isolated, and help lead your organizational DX to success!

*The image uses a wonderful illustration by an artist from Illustration AC.