PART I

The Nature, Purpose, and Scope of Strategic Thinking

Strategic thinking is a cluster of concepts that can be distinguished and developed. We will see in the examples what it is and isn’t, why it is important, and what distinguishes it from other kinds of thinking.

Strategic thinking is entangled with many important ideas: resources, aspirations, leadership, to name just a few. This book will help you disentangle and discover the most significant aspects of it.

I suggest reading the nine chapters in order, since early chapters establish principles and examples that are further developed in subsequent chapters.

Chapter 1 (Are You Strategic?) introduces ambiguity as a fundamental challenge that is usually neglected in the work to craft strategy. ...

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