Strategic Thinking Skills

Join an award-winning professor to learn accessible ways to engage with thinking that will help you think (and act) more strategically in business and in your own life.

• By This Professor
• 01: The World of Strategic Thinking
• 02: The Origins and Relevance of Ancient Strategy
• 03: The Dawn of Modern Strategic Thinking
• 04: Modern Principles of Strategic Conflict
• 05: Geography - Know Your Terrain
• 06: Grand Strategists and Strategic Intent
• 07: The Core and the Rise of Strategic Planning
• 08: Which Business Strategy? Fundamental Choices
• 09: Your Competitive Advantage - Find the Blue Ocean
• 10: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
• 11: Avoid the Pathologies of Execution
• 12: Tactics of Combat as Problem-Solving Tools
• 13: Shock of the New - Inflection Points
• 14: Surprise! Perils and Power of Strategic Deception
• 15: The Sources and Uses of Reliable Intelligence
• 16: Move and Countermove - The Theory of Games
• 17: The Evolution of Cooperation
• 18: When Strategy Breaks Down
• 19: Leverage Cognitive Psychology for Better Strategy
• 20: Strategic Intuition and Creative Insight
• 21: From Systemic Problems to Systemic Solutions
• 22: Seize the Future with Scenario Analysis
• 23: The Correlation of Forces, Luck, and Culture
• 24: Strategic Thinking as a Way of Life