Friday, October 2, 2009

Strategic thinking

I recently had a presentation on strategic thinking to a group of 20 "high potentials" from one of the leading insurance companies in Poland. The group takes part in a series of trainings and as a part of "creative thinking workshop" I was asked to talk about strategic thinking. This very unusual. I have always been asked to either introduce or lead a workshop on strategic planning or strategic management. Strategic thinking is, in my opinion, much more fundamental and should involve every person in a success-driven organization. Some of the aspects of strategic thinking include: holistic approach (distance from operational problems, systems and process thinking, awareness of mega-trends etc.), outside perspective, creative thinking etc. I also talked about four areas of knowledge: Known known, Known unknown, Unknown known, Unknown unknown.
 
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