Strategic Thinking in Tactical Times

The premise of the book is to provide insight into new ways through which corporations create and execute strategies. It is the result of a 24-hour intensive workshop that brought together over twenty strategy practitioners from multiple industries. They were asked to consider the proposition that strategy is shifting from a product of an elite group of people within the firm to a process that aggregates strategic thinking from all levels of the firm.

Joseph A. DiVanna is the CEO of Maris Strategies Ltd.

Franbliogtois Austin is a founding Director of Corven, an independent advisor and an investor in organizations requiring growth.

List of Figures

viii

Acknowledgements

ix

Preface

xi

Notes on Contributors

xvii

1 Introduction

1

(4)

2 The Strategic Individual

5

(43)

Iced aping the strategic mindset

10

(21)

Embracing a global context

31

(6)

Sensing market, competitors, customers and opportunities

37

(11)

3 Developing the Strategic Corporate Competency

48

(45)

Anticipating the competition and understanding market trends

52

(6)

Devising strategy collaboratively

58

(19)

Dealing with ambiguity and unpredictable events

77

(16)

4 Moving the Strategic Agenda into Actionable Initiatives

93

(48)

Moving strategic thinking into tangible tactical actions

97

(15)

Measuring the results

112

(13)

Making strategic thinking contagious

125

(16)

5 Conclusion

141

(8)

A Note on the Strategic Planning Society

149

(1)

Notes

150

(5)

Bibliography

155

(3)

Index

158

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Strategic Thinking in Tactical Times

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