Strategic Thinking

The ability to think strategically can be influenced by

• Organizational Structures - social capital - Communities of Practice
• The ability of managers to think strategically - scenario building, narratives
• Governance factors - is it the board or the exec team that generates strategy
• is it planning or taking emergent opportunities

Liedtka selected five major attributes of strategic thinking and specific techniques that encourage this kind of thinking. Strategic thinking…

1. takes a systems view 2. requires strategic intent 3. means thinking in real time that links the past present and future 4. is about developing hypothesis 5. is opportunistic