Strategy and Change : Finding Opportunity in Disruption Through Insight, Choice, and Risk

A powerful guide to becoming a strategic leader who makes insightful business decisions and manages risk in volatile and unpredictable environments Written by a team of seasoned strategy consultants, Strategy and Change: How to Succeed in the Face of Accelerating Disruptive Innovation delivers an insightful playbook on recognizing relevant patterns, making consistently sound business decisions, and effectively managing risk in a world defined by disruption and volatility. This follow-up to the authors' first book, Leading with Strategic Thinking, covers major business developments and trends occurring since 2015. It explores disruption from technological advancements, like generative AI, as well as unforeseen crises, like the global COVID-19 pandemic. In this book, readers will find invaluable insights into: The four ways to lead strategy in today's complex business environment: visionary leadership, directive leadership, incubating leadership, and collaborative leadershipHow to analyze problems and make decisions that achieve short- and long-term successNew methods to evaluate hazards as both threats and opportunities in a marketplace that has become increasingly disruptive and unpredictable Grounded in the latest research and real-world case studies, Strategy and Change earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs seeking proven guidance to navigate the new world of business. It's also an invaluable resource for risk management professionals, academics, and early-career professionals involved in strategy and leadership.

Comprehensive guide to become a better strategic leader, supported by research and case studies

Written by a team of seasoned strategy consultants, Leading with Strategic Thinking: Four Ways Effective Leaders Gain Insight, Drive Change, and Get Results delivers guidelines to how to be an effective, informed, and strategic leader in a world of increasing volatility, providing information on actions and tools to recognize patterns, make good choices, and manage risks in a wide range of contexts, situations, and circumstances. This newly updated Second Edition covers a wide swath of business and global developments since the First Edition was published in 2015, including disruption from technological advancements and generative AI and unforeseen crises such as the global pandemic.

In this book, readers will find insight on topics such as:

• Four leadership types essential in today''s business environment: visionary, directive, incubative, and collaborative
• How to remain self- and situationally aware while analyzing problems, making decisions, and taking steps to achieve short- and long-term success
• New methods to interpret experience, relationships, and data and evaluate hazards as both threats and opportunities

Grounded in the latest research and real-world case studies, Leading with Strategic Thinking: Four Ways Effective Leaders Gain Insight, Drive Change, and Get Results earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs seeking proven guidance to navigate the new world of business.