Thinking Strategically: Power Tools for Personal and Professional Advancement

Craig Loehle

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511525308

Professionals today, whether scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs or managers, need to maximise their effectiveness. Hard work and motivation are not enough. Strategic thinking is needed to be able to choose the right problem to solve, to solve it in a cost-effective way, to use resources efficiently and to be innovative and productive. The combination of skill, motivation and the strategic use of effort can lead to astonishing levels of productivity. Real-world problems are complex and must be tackled with adequate conceptual tools. These tools are based on an understanding of the power of bottlenecks, paradox, scale and perspective constraints, and feedback as leverage points for getting to grips with the problem. Thinking Strategically provides the necessary power tools for dissecting complex problems and for creating innovative solutions.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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PART 1 - Component skills of strategic thinking
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1 - Strategic creativity
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2 - Discovery as a process
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3 - Strategic problem solving
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4 - Reality check
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5 - A matter of style
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6 - Attitude: The inner strategist
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7 - Strategic thinking exercises
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PART 2 - Strategic thinking in practice
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8 - Problem finding
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9 - Analysis: Tools of thought
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10 - Solutions: Getting a grip
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Summary: The strategic thinker
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Introduction
pp 1-6

PART 1 - Component skills of strategic thinking
pp 7-8

1 - Strategic creativity
pp 9-33

2 - Discovery as a process
pp 34-45

3 - Strategic problem solving
pp 46-59

4 - Reality check
pp 60-81

5 - A matter of style
pp 82-93

6 - Attitude: The inner strategist
pp 94-101

7 - Strategic thinking exercises
pp 102-108

PART 2 - Strategic thinking in practice
pp 109-110

8 - Problem finding
pp 111-126

9 - Analysis: Tools of thought
pp 127-151

10 - Solutions: Getting a grip
pp 152-183

Summary: The strategic thinker
pp 184-188

Literature cited
pp 189-192

Index
pp 193-195

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