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The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking

Leading Your Organization into the Future

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The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking

By: Michael Watkins
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How did John F. Kennedy put a man on the moon in just under ten years?

What can chess teach us about actionable insights?

And why should you shake up a business at a time of great success?

All of these questions have their answer in strategic thinking. But what is strategic thinking exactly? Are we born with it, or can we nurture it?

As a distinct and important capability in leaders, strategic thinking is a remarkably poorly defined, little understood concept, confined to management courses and board meetings. But in The Art of Strategic Thinking, world-renowned expert Michael Watkins shows leaders how they can benefit from it, as long as they have the tools to nurture it.

Exploring the six specific mental disciplines that together constitute strategic thinking, each chapter shows how they can create value, and offers prescriptions on how to develop the strategic thinking mindset ourselves. Academically grounded but jargon-free, with real-world examples from all sectors and ages, The Art of Strategic Thinking assesses our innate ability to think strategically, and helps us to cultivate it, leading to better decisions that get proven results.

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I am not a business leader, but I was interested to know what is strategic thinking. This book provided the framework of strategic thinking. However, maybe because I am not senior enough in business, I find the example hard to relate and understand. I still learnt a lot and will implement strategic thinking in my career advancement as I don’t manage a business or department. I will use the knowledge from this book and apply it on my own career progression. First step: improve my chess playing skill. I think I will go buy a hard copy of this book and just revise this from time to time.

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