How to Think Strategically

<p>INTRODUCTION</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>PART I: STRATEGIC KNOW-HOW</p> <p>Chapter 1 – What is Strategy?</p> <p>What strategy is - and what it isn’t.</p> <p>The Key Elements of Strategy</p> <p>Identifying the Core challenges</p> <p>Coordinated, creative and sustainable actions</p> <p>Creating value</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 2 – What is Strategic Thinking?</p> <p>What is thinking?</p> <p>What is strategic thinking?</p> <p>What does it take to think strategically?</p> <p>The Strategic Mind.</p> <p>The strategic thinking process.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 3 - Turning Strategic Thinking into Strategy</p> <p>The Link Between Learning And Strategic Thinking</p> <p>How to Maximise Strategic Learning</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 4 – What is Business Strategy?</p> <p>The importance of Competitive advantage</p> <p>How do you create Competitive Advantage?</p> <p>The right ingredients: the sources of competitive advantage</p> <p>A recipe: the value creating options</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>PART II: THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS</p> <p>Chapter 5 –&nbsp; Managing the Invisible Hand</p> <p>What is the invisible hand?</p> <p>Where does it come from?</p> <p>How does it become visible?</p> <p>How can you manage it?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 6 – Assessing the current situation</p> <p>Are you in the right place?</p> <p>Macro Environment Factors</p> <p>Industry-related Factors</p> <p>Do you have a competitive Advantage?</p> <p>Where does superior value creation come from?</p> <p>Value proposition</p> <p>Key activities</p> <p>Resources and competences</p> <p>Value Network</p> <p>Organisational culture</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 7 – Identifying the core challenges.</p> <p>How to identify challenges</p> <p>How to validate challenges</p> <p>How to select core challenges - the importance of trade-offs</p> <p>Defining what success will look like – Strategic Objectives and strategic Guidelines</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 8 – Solving the core challenges</p> <p>Reducing the complexity of the core challenge</p> <p>Identifying the key constituents of the core challenge</p> <p>Understanding the importance of its constituents</p> <p>Developing potential solutions</p> <p>Lateral thinking</p> <p>Solution shop approach</p> <p>Co-creation workshops</p> <p>Practical tools for generating solutions</p> <p>The Blue Ocean Strategy</p> <p>The 7 degrees of freedom</p> <p>Selecting the best potential solutions</p> <p>Timing the initiatives</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 9 -Reducing uncertainty</p> <p>Experimenting to reduce uncertainty</p> <p>Phase 1:&nbsp; Stating the underlying assumptions</p> <p>Phase 2:&nbsp; Testing assumptions about Value</p> <p>Phase 3:&nbsp; Testing assumptions about growth</p> <p>Phase 4:&nbsp; Testing assumptions about sustainability</p> <p>Ongoing testing and learning</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 10 – Managing Execution</p> <p>A will to act.</p> <p>A coordinated approach.</p> <p>Setting the scene.</p> <p>Launching and spreading change.</p> <p>Creating a compelling story.</p> <p>Using Role Models.</p> <p>Accelerating the speed of change.</p> <p>Consolidating change. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Glossary: Key concepts and definitions</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>