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Six honest men Rudyard Kipling taught Mark Procter all he knows about strategic thinking

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Adam Quest

Dialogue Q2 2018

What happens if an organization doesn’t think strategically? The answer can be found in the many organizations that kept doing what they always did while the world overtook them – Kodak, Woolworths, Blockbuster, Nokia and BlackBerry, to name just a few. Strategic thinking means taking the opportunity to distance yourself from the detail, do some

thinking and future-proof your organization to prosper in a rapidly changing world. Amazon, Ikea and Google are organizations that have been successful in thinking strategically and following through with implementation.

Six honest serving men

US leadership scholar Warren Bennis once said:


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