Strategy is a theory about how to win in a competitive situation. Yet most business strategies today look more like a plan with a financial forecast and a road map. The problem is that no plan survives contact with reality — no sooner have you launched it and the world shifts again.
Some leaders have responded to this uncertainty by deciding everything themselves. This can work for a while — if the leader is knowledgeable and experienced. But when an organisation depends on one person for deciding everything, it creates a single point of failure that will, sooner or later, fail.
Our complex and uncertain world is not a temporary state. The world is not going back to being simpler or more stable. Leaders can not be expected to know and decide everything themselves. They must become adept at navigating change and finding winning moves within it.
The Hierarchy of Strategic Thinking (see image) is a guide for turning strategic logic into effective action: from clarifying owner’s intent, to understanding users and rivals, from choosing your next best moves, to coordinating teams and course-correcting as you go.
In the next few posts I’ll show the Hierarchy of Strategic Thinking (HST) in action — applied to very different situations — where a theory about how to win leads to better action. My aim is for you to learn how to do this itself. If you want to explore how, get in touch.
Some leaders have responded to this uncertainty by deciding everything themselves. This can work for a while — if the leader is knowledgeable and experienced. But when an organisation depends on one person for deciding everything, it creates a single point of failure that will, sooner or later, fail.
Our complex and uncertain world is not a temporary state. The world is not going back to being simpler or more stable. Leaders can not be expected to know and decide everything themselves. They must become adept at navigating change and finding winning moves within it.
The Hierarchy of Strategic Thinking (see image) is a guide for turning strategic logic into effective action: from clarifying owner’s intent, to understanding users and rivals, from choosing your next best moves, to coordinating teams and course-correcting as you go.
In the next few posts I’ll show the Hierarchy of Strategic Thinking (HST) in action — applied to very different situations — where a theory about how to win leads to better action. My aim is for you to learn how to do this itself. If you want to explore how, get in touch.
