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Stack I. Strategic Thinking

Strategic thinking is one of the most important capabilities of the business savvy leader. The key question at the right moment in a meeting can galvanize the group's thinking and set a direction for the remaining discussion.

These are a few of The Holland Group's recomendations for beefing up your strategic thinking.

A. Strategy Development and Deployment

1. Michael Porter

• The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy(YouTube)
• The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy (HBR Article)
• What is Strategy? (YouTube)
• What is Strategy? (HBR Article)
• On Competitiveness (YouTube)
• A Strategy for Health Care Reform — Toward a Value-Based System (Article The New England Journal of Medicine)
• SWOT Analysis I: Looking Outside for Threats and Opportunities (HBR Chapter)

 

B. Disruptive Innovation and Competitiveness

    1.  Clayton Christensen

• Disruptive Innovation Part 1 (YouTube Series)
• Disruptive Innovation Part 2 (YouTube Series) 
• Disruptive Innovation Part 3 (YouTube Series)

• Disruptive Innovation Part 4 (YouTube Series)
• Disruptive Innovation Part 5 (YouTube Series)
• Disruptive Innovation Part 6 (YouTube Series)

  

    2.  Scott Anthony - Harvard's Innovation Insights Blog author

• How to Spot Disruptive Opportunities (YouTube Interview)
• Innosight, the insider's guide to innovation (Blog )

 

C. Successful Companies and Organizations

• Rosabeth Moss Kanter (on Twitter)
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter (New Book: SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good)

 

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