Strategic Thinking in Tactical Times

by DiVanna, Joseph A.; Austin, François

• ISBN13: 9781403934062
• ISBN10: 1403934061
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-28
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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