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6: The Fuzzy Front End of Strategy

       Chapter 7: Pockets of the Future

       Chapter 8: Strategic Decisions

       Chapter 9: The Spark of Insight

       Part II: Personal and Interpersonal Mastery

       Chapter 10: Perspective

       Chapter 11: Shoulder Angels

       Chapter 12: Dialogue and Deliberation

       Chapter 13: Being an Extra-ordinary Leader

       Appendix A: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity

       Appendix B: Microskills of Strategic Thinking

       Appendix C: Manifesto for Strategic Thinking

       Appendix D: Landmarks on the Map of Strategic Thinking

       Appendix E: Useful Terms

       Appendix F: Personal Branding as a Strategic Thinker

       Notes

       Acknowledgements

       Index

       About the Author

      DEDICATION

      For my wife, Helen, and my mother, Juanita

      FIGURES

       1-1 An example of pictorial ambiguity. Can you see the two faces?

       1-2 Characteristics of a reasonable person.

       1-3 An example of celebrating action over thoughtfulness.

       2-1 A five-part template for writing strategy, originating from collective beliefs, choices, and adaptations.

       2-2 A discontinuity may (or may not) trigger a chaotic, large-scale effect.

       2-3 Many people tend to narrow frame and set goals.

       3-1 The four pillars of strategic thinking.

       3-2 Strategic thinking shares some but not all characteristics with other styles of thinking.

       3-3 The four X-factors of strategic thinking.

       4-1 The quest narrative archetype is one where the protagonist leaves the ordinary to enter the special world.

       4-2 The microskill of reflection guides the progression to competence and mastery.

       4-3 The microskills of strategic thinking. The last eight are introduced in later chapters.

       5-1 The strategic thinking map and the operational thinking map.

       5-2 Process strengthens operational aspirations and enhances focus on the present.

       5-3 Find shared landmarks and use them as a bridge from the operations thinking map to the strategic thinking map.

       6-1 A depiction of strategy from the fuzzy front end into action.

       7-1 The three horizons.

       7-2 The three horizons have implications for strategy.

       7-3 The three horizons, prevalence, and strategic fit.

       7-4 Example scenario.

       8-1 Strategic fit for IBM as a dynamic concept.

       8-2 A framework for strategic decisions and tactical decisions, with an example from IBM.

       9-1 The ladder of inference, with elements of insights.

       10-1 Helpful questions and concepts for developing perspective.

       11-1 Two shoulder angels.

       12-1 In a dyad, each person shares her perspective and discovers areas of agreement and disagreement.

      ACRONYMS

      CapEx – Capital Expenses

      CtB – Change the Business

      DICE - Drive, Insight, Chance, Emergence

      H1 – Horizon 1, the near-term future

      H2 – Horizon 2, the intermediate-term future

      H3 – Horizon 3, the distant-term future

      IBM – International Business Machines Corporation (discussed in Chapters 8, 9, and elsewhere)

      OpEx – Operational Expenses

      RtB – Run the Business

      RWE – RWE AG is a German electric utility company (described in Chapter 11)

      PoF – Pockets of the Future (in the present moment)

      STF – The initials of a non-profit community organization (discussed in Chapter 10)

      VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity

      PREFACE

      In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many of them get through to you.

      — Morton J. Adler

       The Big Idea

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