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Strategic Thinking

 

Books

Birnbaum, B. (2005). Strategic Thinking. Douglas Mountain Publishing.

 

Courtney, H. (2001). 20/20 Foresight: Crafting Strategy in an Uncertain World. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

 

Cusumano, M. A., & Markides, C. C. (Eds.). (2001). Strategic Thinking for the Next Economy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Dixit, A., & Nalebuff, B. (1991). Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life. New York: W. W. Norton.

 

Drucker, P. F. (2001). Management Challenges for the 21st Century. New York: HarperBusiness.

 

Dudik, E. M. (2000). Strategic Renaissance: New Thinking and Innovative Tools to Create Great Corporate Strategies Using Insights From History and Science. New York: AMACOM.

 

Fine, C. H. (1998). Clock Speed - Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage. Reading, MA: Perseus Books.

 

Gross, D. (1996). Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

 

Hamel, G., & Prahalad, C. K. (1994). Competing for the future. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

 

Kluyver, C. A. D. (1999). Strategic Thinking: An Executive Perspective. New York: Prentice Hall.

 

Mapes, J. J. (2003). Quantum Leap Thinking. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks.

 

Maxwell, J. C. (2003). Thinking for a Change. New York: Center Street.

 

Oech, R. v. (1990). A Wack on the Side of the Head: How you can be more creative. New York: Warner Books.

 

Ohmae, K. (1982). The Mind of the Strategist. New York: McGraw-Hill.

 

Paul, R. W., & Elder, L. (2002). Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

 

Pietersen, W. (2002). Reinventing Strategy: Using Strategic Learning to Create and Sustain Breakthrough Performance. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

 

Robert, M. (2005). The New Strategic Thinking. New York: McGraw Hill.

 

Schwartz, P. (1991). The Art of the Long View. New York: Doubleday. 

 

Harvard University. (1999). Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Thinking. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press. 

 

Wootton, S., & Horne, T. (2001). Strategic Thinking: A step-by-step approach to strategy (Second ed.). London: Kogan Page.

 

Yoshiro, M., & Ranga, U. S. (1995). Strategic Alliances. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Articles

Chris, F. (1999). "Strategic Thinking and the New Science; Planning in the Midst of Chaos, Complexity and Change." Long Range Planning 32(6): 623.

Collins, J.C., Porras, J.I. (1996). "Building Your Company's Vision." Harvard Business Review, Sept-Oct 1996.

David, H. (2001). "Creative strategic thinking and the analytical process: critical factors for strategic success." Strategic Change 10(4): 201.

Fiona, G. (2002). "Strategic thinking versus strategic planning: Towards understanding the complementarities." Management Decision 40(5/6): 456.

Kimberly, C. P. and A. C. Jerry (2001). "Behind the mind of the strategist." The TQM Magazine 13(6): 375.

Maureen, P. B. (2000). "Strategic Thinking for Smaller Businesses and Divisions." International Journal of Organizational Analysis 8(2): 226.

Peter, R. D., W. F. Paul, et al. (2001). "Dynamic strategic thinking." Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 29(3): 216.

 

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Strategic Thinking

A one or two day skills-based course designed to help leaders think strategically about issues and challenges they face, tapping into 3 key mindsets: creative, critical and systems thinking. Developed by Barnes and Conti, Leap Advocates is certified to sell and deliver this program.


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